" Trying not to focus on the furious beating of my pulse as it bounces between my temples, even though the eurythmic beat is the only reason I can be sure I’m still alive. It gives me hope. Hope that somehow I’ve survived the bomb. I’ve survived the blinding white light of what came after and it gives me hope that I’ve found a way to evade death… "

― Ilse V. Rensburg , Time Torn (The Lost Days, #1)