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 pass 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

high speed to our left.

– anticipating at any moment that we’ll slam into

a

then come to a stop, and I peek my eyes

all right, Cora,” Roger murmurs, frustrated but in control of

okay. We just hit some

gasp, still freaked out, looking steadily

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

.

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

flooded road, separated from us. They speak for a few moments, trying to figure

good, Cora,” Roger says, hanging up the

We’re going to have to

I ask, my eyes wide with anxiety. “We

eyebrow and gestures towards the water in

what looks like

river across the

so fast?” I ask,

another?”

know,” Roger replies, his voice tight as he

line. I watch

his brows

I realize that he already knows what I’m

this storm…is

my

he promises, his

the other direction. “Do you

out of this. But instead of telling him that, I

as we drive back down the

the tree limbs whip wildly above, threatening to

on us at

pieces of ice,

out

to it. “It’s no good, Cora,” he murmurs, glancing at me. “We have

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