I dozed off a couple of times, but never reached a full sleep due to the disturbing thoughts that still lurked in the corners of my consciousness. Only a few hours after the incident in my room, Gabriel and I were getting ready to hit the road. Eli volunteered to get the things I needed so I wouldn't have to go back up to my room; however, I was admittedly way too embarrassed that he would have to go through my underwear to do so, so I decided to suck it up. I would only have to be in that room for a few more minutes to pack. Besides, it was daylight, so the vampire was long gone.
"How long are we going to be gone?" I asked before heading upstairs. I'd thought it was a day trip initially, until Eli volunteered to pack my suitcase.
"Ideally we'll be back before night tomorrow, but if not
