Alura tapped her foot impatiently on the floor and glanced out the window as what had to be the hundredth explosion shook the canyon somewhere in the distance. Pillars of smoke billowed into the night sky all over the city, but Matilde was still busy collecting the last of the items she wanted to take with her, stuffing more things into the bag on the bed that was already starting to overflow. They should have been on the boats by now, evacuating with the rest of the city that had managed to get to...