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

at high speed to our left. I give a little shriek, pressing my

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

off a

just slow, and then come to a stop, and I peek

murmurs, frustrated but in control of

okay. We just hit

still

through it,” he tells me, putting the car in park and picking up his phone, glancing at the road ahead of us.

.

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

from us. They speak for a few moments, trying to figure out a

the phone and turning to me.

road. We’re going to have to backtrack and find a new

with anxiety. “We can’t

raises an eyebrow and gestures towards the water

watch, what looks like an entire tree floats by

a river

did that happen so fast?” I ask, a

another?”

voice tight as he turns in his

the rising water line.

he doesn’t, his

suddenly, I realize that he already

this storm…is

whisper, my words

it, Cora,” he promises, his eyes on the road as he turns

the other direction. “Do you trust

in my gut, that I trust him to get us out of this. But instead of telling him that, I just nod, sitting back tensely in my seat

we drive back down the road, though, the

us and the tree

us at

pieces of ice, I open my mouth to say we need

out of

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

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