“Ready?” Elias asks as he puts the car in drive.
I nod, still watching my mother as she disappears inside. I could see her from here looking around in wonder and awe, her eyes wide and a grin plastered on her face.
“Don’t worry, you’ll see her again.” He reassures me as we drive away. He said it so sure, so matter of fact like. Like there was no other option. It oddly reassured me, I believed him, and I wasn’t even sure why.
The ride back to my pack is silent, me staring out the window, Elias focused on the road. I feel my heart racing nervously as we pull off the main road and back onto the dirt one to the pack lands. I had a bad feeling in my gut. I’d been gone for way too long; it was already almost five in the morning. There was no way someone hadn’t noticed my absence, even with
