WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK
he said softly, taking a slow sip of his drink,
"has made his choice."
A silence.
"Let's see if he can live with it."
Ina ran until her legs screamed, until she was running in ragged gasps.
The road lay out before her.
The moonlight highlighted cracked asphalt, and hope for the first time in her heart.
She was nearly free.
Then—
The growl of a heavy engine.
Ina spun to a halt, her heart paralysed.
Headlights cut through darkness, blinding her for a moment.