Love Unspoken

Abigail glanced over, nervously gripping her seatbelt. She turned to Landon, who had already ditched his glasses and was laser-focused on driving. "They're still on our tail. Can we lose them?" she asked.

"Wait till it gets dark," Landon replied.

Abigail nodded, trying to ignore the cars behind them and turned her gaze to the window.

The mountain road was a mess of weeds, green stretching out on both sides. Flowers dotted the grass on the cliffs. It was beautiful, but she wasn't in the mood to enjoy it.

As they drove further, her feelings got more tangled.

Abigail had no clue what she was doing, ditching her long-held beliefs to team up with Landon. She'd been rebellious before, but this was next level-causing a scene and making her family worry. Suddenly, Quinn's words popped into her head.

She wasn't a judge. The law would deal with Landon. It wasn't her place to say anything. She could only do what felt right.

Abigail sighed, giving herself a mental pep talk, which made her feel a bit better.

Hearing her sigh, Landon suddenly spoke, "If you regret it, just tell me. I'll let you out anytime."

Abigail shook her head. "Regret? Not in my vocabulary."

Then she joked, "Looks like you're all alone now. Consider it an act of kindness; I'll stick around to pick up the pieces." "Well, thank you very much," Landon said.

"You're welcome. I'm very kind," Abigail replied.

"If I die, don't put up a tombstone for me. Just scatter my ashes in that vegetable garden," Landon said.

Abigail opened her mouth, her throat feeling tight, and she suddenly couldn't speak.

"Bad guys have a lasting impact. Do you think you can die that easily?" Abigail asked.

"Everyone dies, but I saw an interesting quote earlier," Landon said.

"What is it?" Abigail asked.

started chatting with her. "People shouldn't

do you mean?" Abigail

rich, they look for something more meaningful. Now, I understand Alexander," Landon explained. Abigail was confused, not knowing if he was trying to say something deep or

you understand about him?"

so into Quinn," Landon

full?" Abigail

Landon chuckled. "Exactly."

talking about Alexander, his words made her feel

hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked Landon,

so he didn't speak and went

long time, not getting a response, and then

Sometimes

was getting

reflection in the rearview mirror hurting Abigail's eyes. They kept following

unfamiliar and harder to navigate, the car shaking uncomfortably. They didn't

mountain range was right on the border between Amber Bay and the neighboring area, stretching on forever. It

the rearview mirror and suddenly floored it. The car shook

steering wheel and

the door. "Get

a few crooked trees by the roadside. The tree trunks, as thick as an arm,

branches blocked the way, which should hold

and headed

he said, pulling

was wider. Normally, you'd run down the narrower right path, but he did the

nowhere

Abigail faster and

followed, running on

could barely see. The grass was deep, and there were rocks everywhere. She stumbled several times, almost falling, but Landon caught her each

other way, so they

mountain on the left became slightly lower, and they could climb up