Chapter 12Both JT and David looked confused when Gideon announced they were done talking for the night. All four of them knew that time was a precious commodity, and whatever they were going to do—and nobody had the answer for that—they needed to do it fast. But no amount of confusion or protest would sway Gideon. Jesse didn’t say anything. He understood what his counterpart was saying. He understood David’s concern. But he wasn’t going to protest when Gideon insisted they all needed to rest. What Gideon had meant was Jess needs to rest, and that was pretty close to the truth.
Jesse wasn’t exactly tired—he knew he wouldn’t be able to fall asleep—but he felt like he had been picked up by a giant and twisted and squeezed and wrung out until every drop of energy dripped out of him. Traveling
