CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
We continued onward through the wilderness. The extreme aches and pains in my body sank to their usual level and Tegan’s coat warded off the worst of the chill. Still, the further northwest we traveled the more I felt that something wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t a problem with me. There was a sense of eeriness in the air that fell over my senses like a spooky fog. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get the hairs on the back of my neck to stand down.
“Are we getting close to that road?” I asked my companion who led the way.
Tegan turned his head to one side and nodded. “We are. Do you feel it?”
“Like a wet blanket,” I replied as I wrapped my arms around myself. “A really cold wet blanket.”
Tegan stopped so quickly that I crashed into his back. I stopped
