Owen
Darkness swallowed the road long before either of us realised how far we had gone.
By the time the sky had fully surrendered to night, it was no longer safe to keep driving. I slowed at the first narrow path cutting into the woods, and steered the car off the road, parking at a spot hidden enough to avoid attention or detection.
“Why are we stopping?” Tia asked, looking out the window at the endless sprawl of trees.
“We’ll have to find somewhere to spend the night.” I explained, cutting the engine.
She snapped her head to me. “I don’t know, Knight, but I don’t think there’s anywhere to spend the night here.”
I sighed. “If we keep driving, we might get caught along the way. And we can’t exactly head into town because of the curfew.”
Our eyes drifted to the clock on the dashboard
