Ruby Axel had been gone for twenty minutes before he returned with an SUV. It was a relief to get off my legs, but the awkward silence in the car was driving me up a wall. I was sitting in the back while both men were in the front. I don't think either of them was particularly excited about being in such close proximity to each other. I looked from one man to the next, my annoyance peaking since neither made a move to turn the radio on. Did neither of them know that playing the radio is the number one way to cover an awkward silence? We'd been driving for almost an hour and no one had spoken since we had left the gas station. I knew we were on the run for our safety, but at this point, I think Olcan's company would be preferable to these two brooding men. Olcan might be evil, but at lea

