NinaI'm sitting on a rock at the foot of the mountain when Vladimir approaches. He fell behind me, weighed down by the bags full of supplies and weapons. I'm just finishing tightening the bandages on my feet, which are crusty with last night's blood, when he comes to stand in front of me.I stare at him, unable to speak. Even if I could speak, I don't know what I would say."Nina?"Vladimir gazes back at me. He says nothing either. The woods around us are silent.I don't have the energy to fight with him anymore. I don't have the energy for any of this, really. So why does it keep finding its way to me? Why can't I escape it? I make myself a promise: I'm going to get Vladimir to take me home, by any means necessary. Then I'm going to pack my things, and I'm going to leave this city, and I'm never, ever going to come back.I look up at him. "You know, I was just thinking about my father."Still, he says nothing."The first time I saw him hit my mother."Silence. Staring."After he sla
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