♠ Burning letters ♠

Not a complete surprise. And not the first time in its short history the country had been cut off from the rest of the world. At least this time they wouldn’t be subjected to hysterical rants from that whiny Irishman. He had been one of the first celebrity victims of the virus. Probably still hadn’t found what he was looking for.

Now for the letter. It was a lost art. Connor couldn’t recall the last time he’d received a letter, even before the world had fallen apart. People didn’t write them anymore. Much easier to just txt a msg, or post a selfie.

“Connor. The world needs you.”

He remembered letters being more polite, back in the day. “How have you been keeping?” “I’ve been thinking about you lately.” “Please don’t burn this before you read it.”

Nah, only Francina had written that kind of drivel. All because of that one time…

“Please don’t burn this before you read it.”

What the -?

Now he was on his feet, eyes glued to the paper crumpling in his sweaty hand.

“I know you never expected to hear from me again. Never wanted to, certainly. But I didn’t know where else to turn.

“They’ve got her, Connor. The only person with any hope of fixing things. If we don’t help her – if YOU don’t help her – it’s all over. Everything. And they’ll have won.”

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