AVELORA
The sounds of the city swallowed every coherent thought that tried to form inside my head. The world had carried on exactly as it had before I came running through it, yet I stood frozen where I was, unable to make myself move.
A dull ache settled behind my eyes, throbbing with every beat of my heart until it became impossible to ignore. Every few momments my fingers drifted to my temple on instinct, pressing against it like I could somehow massage the pain away. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to remember the route I had taken after spotting the woman.
Everything beyond the point I followed her had blurred together. All I could remember was running through unfamiliar streets after a woman whose face looked so much like mine that my heart had stopped beating the moment I saw her
