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

at any moment that we’ll

a

slow, and then come to

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

we’re okay. We just hit

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

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

.

phone now,

other side of the flooded road, separated from us. They speak for a few moments, trying to figure out a plan, but they

up the phone and turning to

the road. We’re going to have to backtrack and

anxiety. “We can’t like… ford

towards the water in front

looks like an entire tree

river across

fast?” I ask, a little breathless. “Between one car length

another?”

as he turns in his seat and

rising water line. I watch him, waiting for him to

doesn’t, his brows knit

I realize that he already knows what I’m just now figuring

storm…is

my words shaking. “What’s

promises, his eyes on the road as he turns

in the other direction.

out of this. But instead of telling him that, I just nod, sitting back tensely

the

and the tree limbs whip wildly above, threatening

us

of ice, I open my mouth to

get out

beats me to it. “It’s no good, Cora,” he

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