The legionnaire, a tall, stiff man, stood facing the crevice, his back to them. Tuyet heard him counting down. Three. Two. One. The men backed away from him. Suddenly, she saw a grenade in his hand. He pulled the pin and tossed the grenade into the hole. Coi screamed. A soldier saw her and scooped both her and Anh into his arms, forcing them down to the ground with him. The crevice exploded outward in a cloud of smoke and debris. Tuyet sank to her knees. Her son hid behind her. Coi wailed. Anh froze in shock.
