Flight into Shadow

**SIENNA**

By the time the heavy wooden front door creaks open, my worn duffel bag is zipped shut. I shove my meager life savings deep into the side pocket, my hands still shaking from the ghost of Declan’s touch. Footsteps echo in the narrow hallway. Theo steps into the dim living room, carrying a sleeping Mila against his broad shoulder. Her tiny hand clutches the collar of his flannel shirt, h