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I sat rigidly in the passenger seat of the Jeep, every single muscle in my body pulled as taut as a wire. Silas was behind the wheel, driving aggressively, his foot practically hammering the gas pedal into the floorboards as he wove through the highway traffic toward the city. Both of the windows were rolled entirely down. The harsh, rushing wind battered my face and whipped through the cab, turni