The weather continued to get worse, until finally the car was travelling at little more than ten miles an hour. The slow speed helped reinforce Gemma’s waking doze. Even when Jake started grumbling under his breath it didn’t disturb her.
Then something cut through her doze, a strange phrase that Jake used. She could have sworn he’d said “Need the eyesight of a bloody vampire in this.” It was such a strange comment that it snagged her attention, caused her to be a little more awake than she had been.
They drove on in silence for a few more minutes, barely covering any distance. Jakes muttering becoming increasingly bad tempered, but he didn’t make any more strange comments.
Finally he reached over to Gemma’s side of the car, flipped open the glove compartment and pulled out a plasti
