C118 Shadows in Pursuit

The sound of the train wheels hitting the rail tracks should have put me out of my anxiety, but rather added to it. I was stiff in my chair, gripping my backpack to my chest as if that would protect me. It was that which gave me company. Trees and other foliage whizzed past outside the window, forcing me to look at the beauty of the countryside while my insides seethed like a bubbling kettle