Chapter 266

Elodie POV

The drive back to the North wasn’t like the high-speed chase we’d had on the way in. It was quiet—unnervingly quiet.

The truck purred along the old logging trails, the interior filled with the smell of sweat, and the faint, sweet scent of the pine air returning.

I was curled up against the door, my head resting on the cool glass. Outside, the shadows of the forest were finally start