The sun was bright enough to make Elena squint when she stepped outside the hotel. It was a Saturday morning.

She stood there for a moment with her bag beside her, she looked at the road, at the people passing.

At the cars moving through the street.

Two weeks ago, she had stood in almost the same place with one thought in her mind.

Run, now she was standing there with a different one, hog back.

Her heart was beating steadily not fast but normal.

There was something strange in the air that morning.

Something she couldn’t explain like the whole world had gone quiet just before a storm.

Elena...