Prologue
The leaves whipped her skin as she ran, tearing through the undergrowth like a wild fawn running from hunters. She was being hunted. Her bare feet barely touched the ground as she flew, the wind so strong and harsh, cruelly blowing in the wrong direction, to her disadvantage. A gun went off in the background, and in a flood of desperation, her legs, in their confusion gave way, succumbing to the enemy force of gravity, as she realised too late that there was no longer solid ground beneath her feet.
down she plunged, into the darkness of the abyss below her, darker than the starless night sky she had blindly fallen beneath…
Something howled in the distance. Then for the moment, there was silence.