The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that my shoulder didn't ache as much. I stretched, wineing slightly, but the pain was nowhere near as bad as it had been the night before. The healing wi working faster than I had expected. It had been a fome. exhausting few days, but at least now I could move without feeling the my entire arm was about to fall off.

outside.

wide, Tetting g the crisp morning fill my lungs. The forest around us was qület, only the I took a deep breath and steppeil

ccasional rustling of leaves and chirping of birds breaking the silence. It was peaceful-for now. But that peace was temporary, and we all knew it.

As I walked down the steps of the small two story motel, I noticed my mates standing together, huddled around something. My bre furrowed as I got closer. They were surrounding what looked like a small, old, heat-op cat.

and the cracked windshield.

"What the hell is this?" Lasked, crossing my arms as I took in the rited, dented frame an

Austin grinned, looking far too

o proud of himself. "It's called a cat, sitermi. People use it to drive places,"

rolled my eyes. "Obviously, I meant, where the hell did you

just struck the greatest deal in history. "I

real beauty".

kicking one of the tires, which let

continued, undeterred, "but it runs. And

a skeptical look, but Isaiah just sighed, rubbing his temples. "It's the only option we had. Anything better would have drawn

sleek, enchanted car like the one

Eira.

hard, the ache in my heart resurfacing as the weight of their deaths pressed down on me. Savannah had always been kind to me, even back in school when others had whispered behind my back and spread rumors. She

tell her family? If they didn't already know, how was I supposed

around my neck-the one that had belonged to Mariah. My fingers traced its familiar shape, the cool metal grounding me for a moment. I then opened my

lose a

for that pain.

a long

now.

every few miles What should have been a simple day's journey stretched into a miserable day

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