Ava's POV
Tension permeated the night air, and I could feel it as weight on my chest. Having Eli next to me caused both comfort and anxiety. Since I had opened the journal and perused the names, the faces, the secrets... The sensation that everything was about to fall apart had not been able to be overcome.
Eli looked at me, his eyes sharp and seeking. "Ava, right now we have to move gently. Every stride counts.
I nodded while a million questions flew through my head. And if we fail as well? My voice came out softer than I had planned.
"We then lose everything." And I am not just referring to each other. His comments had a weight that caused shivers. It was everyone entangled in this mess, all the individuals Eli had recorded in his notebook, not only the two of us at risk.
I turned
