Monthly Archives: May 2017

“So, are you gonna tell me or not?” Ruben asked, still piloting the helicopter. “Hold… on…” Aurora answered, in between bites of the ration bars she’d found in the survival bag under her seat, “I haven’t eaten in almost three … Continue reading →

The transport van lumbered over another pothole as it neared the capital. The sun’s low rays crept through the small, caged window, nearly blinding Aurora as she stared lifelessly ahead.

Moonlight trickling in through the half-shut blinds, the still silence of Aurora’s apartment evoked a sense of soft serenity until it was broken by a cacophony of shattered metal and wood. Instantly awake from her deep sleep, she rose from … Continue reading →