Never had a car journey seemed so long. Despite the comfortable limousine, despite the surrounding calm, because everyone was dozing. Erwan stretched out full length on the left seat. Nomely with him; yes, as a direct member of his pack. Koran had rested his head on my shoulder but kept his arms crossed over his chest. Only Cahl and I were awake. I was exhausted, really, but I persisted in my desire not to fall asleep.
My cell phone vibrated, I pulled it out of my bag, being careful not to wake Koran slumped over me, and glanced at Cahl. He had his phone in his hands and was staring at it indifferently.
New message
I tapped on the icon to display the text.
“Why are you with Koran?”
I answered immediately:
“Do you mean right now, or more generally?”
“HA HA HA. Are you testing my pati
