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The lastwatched, but I didn&039;t knoho by or where fro reassured er because I didn&039;t seeinable dread - not thatto see Siobhan or Rob again I was almost home I had to force myself to close my mind to all memories of Siobhan because I knew that there was hardly any chance ofthat I knew and loved was beginning to seem hopelessly inevitable

I continued to run for a while but eventually stopped In the dense silence which filled the world around me my footsteps seemed to echo and bounce off the walls of eround level, the skies abovewith activity More andmoment If each ship was like the first (and er) then it stood to reason that there wereevery nificant place Elsewhere there would be countlessthrough the skies above every country in every continent

A salty spray hung in the air, washed over the grey sea wall by a strong wind gusting off the ocean The s The rest of the world felt different, as if all the life and energy had been drained from it There was little movement I couldn&039;t see another soul

I paused at the bottom of the hill and looked up towards ainst the cold grey sky behind It looked like all the other houses I had passed - eht difference

There was a silver alien shuttle craft hovering outside