Chapter 8Through my spell we were able to find a highway. The unfortunate bit about the highway is that it looked completely deserted. I felt despondent and fought my natural urge to give up and just lay down to die. It was dark and creepy with the woods on one side and a highway on the other. I had no urge to continue. I had been hoping for a miracle, but once again there just wasn’t one there.
“I quit,” I groaned at my companion.
Blake was studying the highway, trying to figure out which way to go. He had changed back to his human form. It would do him no good to just sit on that guardrail like I was doing.
“Just give me a second. I’m trying to figure out which way to walk.”
It was a nice way to tell me to quit whining. I liked that.
“Any ideas now?”
“Give me some time to think.” H
