Everyone’s eyes were on her, she knew it although she couldn’t see them. She shut her eyes, knowing well what she had to do; indeed it was simple.
And so she takes a deep breath, and a step back, before releasing the bullet that would end the pope’s life.
Then she awakes to the real world, the world where the Pope is still alive, and all that is left of Šahrzād, is the memory of her smile.