Impact

[Evander]

There’s a rush of fear, followed by a strong sense of vertigo right before I feel something akin to being slapped into a hard wall. My whole body shakes with the impact even though physically I am standing still.

And then nothing. Less than nothing. It is the absence of feeling all together.

The three of us, Axel, Gideon, and myself, all look up.

“Rosie,” we say in unison.

Nothing else needs to be said. We all have a deep connection to her and even when we are