Chapter TwelveThe sun seemed to take forever to go down. Zero and Maddie got the car loaded up while Raven paced inside the room. There was a sense of urgency driving them and Zero couldn't shake the nervous energy. The sleep had helped her control, at least to a degree, but the dreams had done nothing to calm her nerves.
She scanned the area around them for maybe the fourteenth time in as many minutes, freezing as a convoy entered the perimeter of her awareness. She grabbed Maddie's hand, put a finger to her mouth. Very carefully, she laid a glamor over them, over the motel to hide any suggestion that anyone was inhabiting the dilapidated building. She held her breath as they came close, watching them until well after they had passed.
Raven emerged from the room as Zero dropped the glam
