Headlights

Maeve kept her hands on the wheel, her gaze fixed ahead. The road stretched quietly in front of her, a relief compared to everything she had left behind at the estate. She didn’t really have a destination in mind at first. She just needed to get out. Get some air. Let her body settle.

Last night had been too much. The confrontation, the things she said, the things he didn’t say. Garrick hadn’t co