Nowhere To Run

Elena pressed her back against the wall, her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she listened to the chaos unfolding in the hospital room.

She felt numb.

Like she was standing outside of her own body, watching her family, hearing the words but not truly processing them.

Their house was no longer safe.

Not that it had ever truly been safe, but now it was something worse.

A target.

“They came bac