Callie’s POV
We were back on the road before the rain had even stopped.
Aurek insisted.
He didn’t argue.
He didn’t explain much.
He simply said we couldn’t stay there.
And for some reason, the fear in his voice had been enough to keep any of us from questioning him.
So now we were traveling again.
The forest stretched endlessly along both sides of the road while the gray sky hung above us like an open wound.
Asher drove.
Jonas sat in the passenger seat.
And Aurek slept.
Or at least, that was how it looked.
He leaned against the rear window with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, but there was something strange even in the way he rested.
As though part of him remained watchful.
As though he had learned long ago that completely lowering his guard was a luxury that no longer
