Scarlett
My gaze fell onto the stretch of empty rural highway as the forest pressed in from both sides. I'd been staring out the window, still thinking about who I had been and who I was becoming.
Lucien sat beside me silently but his presence was hard for me to ignore.
I looked back at him and was about to ask him something—but before the words formed in my mouth, a deafening crack split the air. I groaned as the car lurched violently.
"What's going on—"
I couldn't even finish my words when the world tilted.
The front tire blew out—Lucien's beta, who was driving, cursed under his breath as he yanked the streeing wheel.
"Out!" I heard Lucien barked.
His voice snapped something in me. I hurriedly unbuckled the seatbelt, and shoved the door open.
Fuck.
The night had already swallow
