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Start — A trip to Montenegro took an unexpected turn... (ready)
The moped tears through Kotor's Old Town, their bag bouncing on the back rack li (ready)
Alex ducks through the low doorway first, immediately catching his forehead on t (ready)
Mira finds the staircase in thirty seconds flat because, of course, it's marked (ready)
They bolt back through the old town, Mira sprinting with the guidebook open — a (ready)
Alex clears his throat and calls out, louder than strictly necessary: "Hello? We (ready)
They freeze. Mira closes the guidebook with a soft thump that is, in the sudden (ready)
Alex and Mira sit. This is non-negotiable. Vesna produces from her coat's appare (ready)
Alex cannot help himself. Before Vesna's hand has fully emerged from her coat, h (ready)
Alex goes first, which means Mira is two steps ahead. They thunder up the stairc (ready)
Alex drops onto the bottom step with the studied nonchalance of someone who abso (ready)
Alex digs into his chinos and produces the last crisp packet with the solemnity (ready)
Alex extends his arm. No words, no accusation, no dramatic closing argument — ju (ready)
Alex and Mira exchange the briefest possible glance — the kind that contains an (ready)
Mira holds up a hand — the international gesture for "please do not evict us yet (ready)
The burning candle and the anonymous wet scarf tip the balance. Alex grabs his c (draft)
The panic wins. Alex grabs Mira's wrist and they bolt — not up the staircase b (draft)
Alex grabs Mira's sleeve and they bolt — down the side lane, past the scatter (draft)
Mira steps forward, guidebook open for authority rather than information, and fi (draft)
Alex takes both crisps. There is no ceremony in it — dignity evacuated somewhere (draft)
Alex reaches forward and picks up the key before his brain has formally authoris (ready)
"What happened in 1887?" Alex asks, which is technically Mira's question but he (ready)
The kid grins — the grin of someone who has done this before — and swings the mo (draft)
Alex makes the call without consulting anyone, which Mira will later describe as (draft)
Alex's eyes slide from Vesna's face to the enormous key on the pew. His hand mov (draft)
Alex reaches for the contract before Vesna can reconsider. The paper is stiff an (draft)
Descending is, if anything, worse than ascending — Alex has to navigate the miss (draft)
Alex goes through first, on the reasonable logic that if anything is about to co (draft)
Mira's hand completes its journey. The guidebook opens with a sound that, in the (draft)
Vesna has reached the word 'connected' and is visibly preparing to savour what c (draft)
The two chairs prove, disconcertingly, to be exactly the right height. Alex and (draft)
Mira opens the guidebook again — reflexively, hopelessly, as if the 2019 Rough G (draft)