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 at

and quickly opened the door. "Ave, what are

she already gone home? By now, she should have been back at Maple Garden. Aveline grabbed her wrist, looking

found me? How did

had been as discreet as possible, taking every precaution to hide her whereabouts. How could Aaron have

time to figure that out.

exchanged a few words with the girl, then grabbed her backpack

eyes widened in horror." Ave, we might not be able to outrun

the rearview mirror, and her

How did this happen?

the plan

had Aaron managed to catch

car behind them roared closer, and Aveline slammed her foot on

he's already found me. There's no way I'm going to escape. Maybe we should just

Aveline's voice was firm. "We can't just give up

sensed something was off. "Ave, what's going on with

her eyes on the road ahead. "I'm going to get you out of here, no matter

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