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

speed to our left. I give a little shriek,

my whole body tense – anticipating at any moment that we’ll slam into

off a cliff

to a stop, and I peek my eyes

Cora,” Roger murmurs, frustrated but in

okay. We just hit some high

other car?” I gasp, still freaked out, looking

picking up his phone, glancing at the road ahead of us. “I don’t know how, though, it looks completely

.

on his phone now, speaking to

for a few moments, trying to figure out a plan, but they

the phone and turning to

have to backtrack

my eyes wide with anxiety. “We can’t

eyebrow and gestures towards the water

the minute. As I watch, what looks like

river across the

that happen so fast?” I ask, a little breathless.

another?”

he turns in his seat and puts the car

rising water line.

his

suddenly, I realize that he already knows

this storm…is

my words shaking. “What’s

going to get through it, Cora,” he promises, his eyes on the road

and heads in the other direction. “Do you trust

this. But instead of telling him that, I just nod,

down the

us and the tree limbs whip wildly above, threatening

us

of ice, I open my mouth to

out of

Cora,” he

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