“In preparation for landing, please return seat backs and tray tables to their original positions. All electronics must be turned off and safely stowed. We should be on the ground in fifteen minutes. Thank you for flying with us.” Bing. Fuck. The engines roared and groaned as the pilots did what they needed to slow the plane down. I made the mistake of glancing out the window. The moment I spotted the city, my demons sprang to life, clawing at the window and racing around the wings of the jet, trying to get to me. They laughed and danced, shrieking a few garbled words. I clenched my fists, closed my eyes, and willed them to go away. My effort only made them scream louder. I hadn’t spent more than ten days at a time in this town in over a year. Three years since she left me and shattered my family. And now, I was going to die in the sky above the city because the demons from my past were popping up and strangling the life out of me.
