#Chapter321 – The Storm

Cora

The weather, bizarrely, gets worse as we drive. I’m usually not skittish about driving in bad weather, by as the miles pa*s I feel myself getting more and more anxious. The water pounds against the windshield and thunder booms around us, lightening flashing through. the forests through which we drive.

“What the hell is this,” Roger growls, leaning forward to look up into the sky. “I can’t believe it’s lasted this long and it’s raining harder, not letting up..

“Can you even see?” I ask, my hands gripping the leather of my seat anxiously now as I

stare out the windshield in front of us. To me it looks like a vast sheet of grey water with

the occasional flare of the guard car’s brake lights ahead of us.

wwwwww

“I can see,” Roger murmurs in reply, a little annoyed, apparently, that I’d even call his skills

into question. I roll my eyes at this, but trust him there must be something about his

wolf senses that can see into the road ahead of us that my eyes cannot make out. Still,

despite my trust, I’m anxious. We could run into another car, or a fallen tree, or a lost animal at any moment – how could we even see it coming?

My phone lights up in the cupholder next to me and I release my grip on my seat to grab it,

looking at the new text from Ella. “Roger,” I say, anxious, glancing at him. “Ella says it’s not

even raining at home what –

I

But suddenly the car lurches, skidding sideways a little I see the diver’s wheel shift in

Roger’s hands, moving without his control – hear him curse under his breath as the car

hydroplanes and drifts at high speed to our left. I give a little shriek, pressing my eyes.

– anticipating at any moment that we’ll

a cliff

then come to a stop, and I peek my eyes

Cora,” Roger murmurs, frustrated but in control of the car

we’re okay. We just hit

other car?” I gasp, still freaked out, looking steadily

phone, glancing at the road ahead of us. “I don’t know how, though, it looks

.

road ahead of us. Roger’s on his phone now, speaking to the guards in

the flooded road, separated from us. They speak for a few moments, trying to figure out a plan, but they don’t come up

the

We’re going to have to backtrack and

my eyes wide with anxiety. “We can’t

the water in front of us,

the minute. As I watch, what looks like

river across

did that happen so fast?” I ask, a little breathless.

another?”

know,” Roger replies, his voice tight as he turns in his seat and

the rising water line. I watch him,

his brows knit

already knows

this storm…is

whisper, my words shaking. “What’s

get through it, Cora,” he promises, his eyes on the road as he

other direction.

this. But instead of telling him that, I just nod, sitting back tensely in my seat as we retrace

the road,

the tree limbs

us

of ice, I open

get out of

“It’s no good, Cora,” he murmurs, glancing at me.

that for sure, I don’t want to ride on

interrupt his concentration, looking out. the windshield along with him, unable to tear my eyes away. But as I watch – a red neon glow comes barely into sight in the distance. “Yes,” he murmurs. “A

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