A flame broke through a crack in the door. The door he promised would keep them out. She wondered how long she had. Would he save her? Through her tangle of thoughts, a new sound made its way to her ears. Turning to the window, her heart froze. Time itself stopped.
The sound of crashing glass filled her ears, only to be replaced by her own ghostly scream. Out she flew, into a sea of stars. Her lungs closed, as her skin touched the cold of space.
She was always told that when you're about to die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. Another lie. Her mind was blank but for her silenced pleas to survive. No hope, no love, no mercy.
That's why time stops before you die. Why it freezes. It's a warning. A warning of what's to come. Because it's not just time. It's your time. Your time ending. In her last moment, maybe she realized that.
And maybe, had she been able to say it, she would have forgiven him for lying.
