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

to our left. I give a little

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

off a cliff

then come to a stop, and I

murmurs, frustrated but in control of the

we’re okay. We just hit some high

still freaked out, looking steadily out the

car in park and picking up his phone,

.

us. Roger’s on his phone now, speaking to the guards in

of the flooded road, separated from us. They speak for a few moments, trying to figure out a plan, but they don’t come up

no good, Cora,” Roger says, hanging up the phone and

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

wide with anxiety.

gestures towards the water in front of us, which

I watch, what looks like an entire tree floats by what

river

so fast?” I ask, a

another?”

replies, his voice tight as he turns in his seat and puts

away from the rising water line. I watch him, waiting for

he doesn’t, his brows knit

that he already knows

this storm…is not

my words shaking. “What’s

promises, his eyes on the road as he turns

other direction. “Do you

in my gut, that I trust him to get us out of this. But

as we drive back down the

us and the tree limbs whip wildly

on us at any

of

get out

good, Cora,” he murmurs, glancing

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