The Rose Code

by Kate Quinn

How obscene that in the middle of a world-enveloping war, with so many dying in bombing raids and on battlefields, people could still suffer from mundane diseases. Perhaps it was also obscene to be so overwhelmed by one man’s mortality with so many others dying every day, but she couldn’t help it. A small choked noise escaped her before she could stop it.

“Duty, honor, oaths—they are not just for soldiers. Not just for men.”