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The grand buildings of the metropolis, the sprawling slums, the greed and licentiousness seemed to add a more foreboding air than usual. The Japanese military was fast approaching and with it, as all inhabitants of Shanghai knew, deprivation, occupation and bloodshed.
The resistance had been waiting for this for years. All the preparation, stockpiling, machinations, assassinations, had led to this inevitable fate. To fight for freedom. And Philippa knew what she must do for the resistance.
But part of her wanted to flee. To go with the beautiful woman who had awakened her love and desire. To make a new life for herself with Kit, the beacon of light in the gathering doom.