Lorelei

The truck rolled on like nothing had ever happened, like the world hadn’t cracked open and spat me out bloody and broken. The rumble of the engine was the only constant, a vibration that had worked its way into my bones.

Every lurch, no matter how small, sent a fresh jolt of pain through my ribs and made my heart stutter. I tried to force my body to relax, to convince my screaming muscles that the danger was over, but my mind was a trapped bird, flinging itself against the cage of ...