They rode out in silence, each left to their own thoughts not only about the journey ahead, but about what would happen after.
While Treyan concerned himself with the dilemma of ever seeing his wife again, Alex focused her thoughts on logistics. This was not the first time she needed to get herself into a place she didn’t belong, she reminded herself, though sneaking into a bar while being underage was much different than sneaking her way over enemy territory. She would try to remain within the tree line for as long as she could, at least until she came upon the pathway through the Borderlands that she trekked before…
She quickly stopped that train of thought.
This was not like before, she assured herself as her hands clenched tighter around the reins.
This time she would not be a vict
