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!"

Aveline's voice at

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

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

found me? How did he find

precaution to hide her whereabouts. How could Aaron have tracked

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

my things "Salon exchanged a few words with the girl, then grabbed her backpack and hurried back out to

shoulder. Her eyes widened

headlights in the rearview mirror, and her face

How did this happen?

had the plan gone

had Aaron managed to catch up

Aveline

worried. "Ave, he's already found me. There's no way I'm going to escape. Maybe we should just give

was firm. "We can't just give up now.

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

eyes on the road ahead. "I'm going to get you out of here,

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