ound a cold, metal bench, her eyes fixed on the glass doors of

unforgiving gray. A cold wind picked up, whipping stray strands of hair acro

he shivered uncontrollably, wrapping her arms tightly around her stomach, a futile attempt to shield the tiny, sec

there was

sheltered by a large black umbr

to her feet, her body stiff and aching with cold, and started

her voice thin, nearly

k shape under the umbrella's dome. For a brief second, the headlights of a

word and continued walking t

A car honked angrily as she darted in front of i

d him, her focus entirely on the car. The rear door o

b, Aurora lunged, desperation overriding a

ngers slipped on t

on her hands and knees, the rough asphalt scraping her skin through her thin dress. A sharp, searing pai

the sedan's red taillights glowing in the darkness. The car didn't slow down.

he side mirror. He saw her fall to the ground in the middl

act of cruelty. It extinguished the las

plastering her hair to her face, the world a meaningless blur of pain. Leo and Sam watched her

e middle of a storm. Slowly, painfully, she forced herself to her feet.