Belling sound increased as the convoy went deeper into the tunnel.

Now that is some kick ass description, I could hear the sound ringing round the tunnel.

Joelle nearly got caught up in something dire here, and you amp it up so well. When the stranger enters, the unusual dialogue, it really threw me until the penny dropped and i realized they were code phrases. Very well played! And her mistaken identity, two rather lucky escapes and a brilliant way to go with the ending. She felt out of her depth in the first half, and you have used that to give us a whole new, totally not supernatural, ending that i really enjoyed! Left me thinking about how much goes on that we never know, the unseen actions that stop wars - Joelle took on the role of witness, unable to talk about the time she saw war averted.