No Escape!
Too far to make out faces, but something about the sight made my chest tighten.
Then they were gone.
That night, before I drifted into restless sleep, I wrote in my notebook again.
Rules for Staying Alive, Updated,
Bridges are death traps.
If you see someone don't let them see you first.
The rain burns. Stay under cover.
Something else is out there. Watching.
Don't forget who you were before the end.
I hesitated, then added one more,
Whatever's calling me… I have to find out why.
The wind whispered through the broken windows, carrying a faint sound I couldn't quite name like laughter, or maybe wings again, either way, I wasn't running anymore. Tomorrow, I'd go farther west, there had to be s