They didn’t go far. They went hiking in a national forest, 45 minutes from the city, and returned that night.

They came back by minibus. Blair slept on the way back, head bobbing to the bumps in the road. Suddenly, she heard someone complain, “This traffic is murder!”

“Should we get out and walk? We’re close to the school,” Joslyn suggested. It was bumper-to-bumper traffic. Try as they might, the line of cars stretched as far as the eye could see. Blair and Joslyn could only wait in the minibus.

Blair, who was carsick, agreed to Joslyn’s suggestion right away.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

They told the driver, and he kindly opened the doors for them and let them out. They started walking down the sidewalk.

They talked as they walked.

we ditched the minibus. Those cars aren’t moving at

ahead and then

be Lined up outside the city.” The traffic in Alorith wasn’t usually this

heard sirens screaming. The police and emergency vehicles showed up

the emergency vehicles had come, they realized that someone must

what was going on. There was a car

another, caving in its back

off. A crowd gathered, as well as the usual EMTs and police.

them were out with signs and

pulled up. A woman got out of the Porsche and walked over

this? And you! You are soldiers. You save people. How could you let

calm her down, but

Wesley were doomed to

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