Chapter 10

Security protocols meant switching cars and drivers at each transfer point. The vehicles were draped in heavy fabric–even the drivers couldn’t see who rode inside.

After Calista settled into the car, Ken emerged from the house. “Don’t worry, Dad. I’ll get these researchers safely to

the handover site.”

He slid into the driver’s seat and eased the car forward.

Calista sat in silence, her thoughts a tangled mess. What a strange way to say goodbye. At the transfer point, Ken opened the compartment, letting the passengers file out. Calista kept her head down, hat pulled low, as she passed him.

Ken’s heart clenched. He found himself staring at one particular figure before quickly looking away. His mind must be playing tricks–it couldn’t be Calista.

Then a gust of wind snatched the hat from her head.

“Your hat!”

really was Calista. Their

face.

why are you-”

someone laughed. “Where else would she

over Ken. He sprinted toward her,

grasping at empty air. “We grew up together! We promised we’d never be apart. How

rumbled to life.

me first. Let go–the car’s

late, did he see his heart clearly. He had never truly seen her as just

to live in a world without her.

his voice raw. “If you come back, I

out his hand, certain she would stay. After all, she’d never left his side since childhood. “Come on. Get out of the

memory. Those hands had rescued her countless times–from mountain paths, from rainstorms,

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