The air tightened as if sealed in an invisible container, and the squirrels and the birds fell silent. Hannah closed her eyes through another wave of dizziness, her hands digging into the bark of the oak. A door slammed, the car drove off and a crow cawed. When she opened her eyes, she was alone with the dogs. And in the bough above, there was an owl.
From the beginning I imagined a weird, almost supernatural connection between Hannah and Will. They both sense it, but don't understand it until much later in the novel.
