Selena couldn't sleep at all. Lying in bed, she felt a mix of nervousness and excitement. The thought of finally leaving Cloudflare City and getting away from that insufferable Aaron-filled her with anticipation. She found herself practically counting down the minutes.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, loud knocks came from the front door, startling Selena. She quickly got up and looked toward the door. The young girl with her woke up, confused. "What's happening?"

A sinking feeling of dread washed over Selena. Could they have found her already? So soon?

She got out of bed and said, "I'll go check. You two stay here."

The girl looked uneasy. "Selena, are you sure everything's okay?"

Selena nodded. "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

She quickly dressed and stepped outside.

"Who is it?" she asked cautiously.

"It's me, Selena. Hurry, come out!"

was Aveline's voice

taken aback and quickly opened the door. "Ave, what are you doing

home? By now, she should have been back at Maple Garden. Aveline grabbed her wrist, looking frantic. "I saw Aaron's

shock. "He found me? How did he

as possible, taking every precaution to hide

urged, "There's no time to figure that out. We

sec, I need to grab my things "Salon exchanged a few words with the girl, then grabbed her backpack and hurried

her shoulder. Her eyes widened in horror." Ave, we

also noticed the headlights in the rearview mirror, and her face

How did this happen?

the plan gone

had Aaron managed to

Aveline slammed

determined expression, Selena grew worried. "Ave, he's already found me. There's no way I'm going

way!" Aveline's voice was firm. "We can't just

sensed something was off. "Ave, what's

kept her eyes on the road ahead. "I'm going to

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