Vivian watched the commander place his finger on the map.
The parchment was wide and rough, showing the whole northern border.
Mountains covered almost the entire top section, like a jagged wall, and cutting between those mountains and the mainland was a thick blue line,the Indus River.
Commander Vikram tapped that blue line again.
"This river will be our biggest problem."
His face tightened in a clear frown.
"There is only one bridge here," he said, pointing at a thin mark drawn across the water.
"But the moment war starts… they will destroy it. They won't leave us a clear path."
He straightened, folding his arms as his eyes moved slowly across everyone at the table.
"So the real question is simple. How do we get our soldiers across?"
His voice echoed in the room.
Silence followed.
Everyone stared at the map, their eyes fixed on the wide river that looked calm on paper but was known to be fierce in real life.
