ELENA
We spoke to everyone close to us.
My father didn’t understand our reasoning at first. He was scared. But the minute Blake told him about the visit from his future self, he understood. Sadness pervaded him. Sadness, but not resistance.
We had to make things right. Not just for the people, but for Silho, too. She would have peace in the afterlife.
We were going to change the past.
Nobody had ever gotten that opportunity before. We were going to try.
“What if you don’t listen to us?” I asked my father. Déjà vu crept into my gut.
“Then make us listen, Elena. Goran had a militia stationed on the northern side of the castle behind the forest. Tell me they will be there.”
“Dad.” I sighed.
“Make me believe you.”
“What about Mom?”
“Your mother is out of the question, Elena. She was
