Silent Vigil

The vehicle carrying Leona moved steadily away from the southern district. Declan drove in silence. Leona sat in the passenger seat with her eyes fixed ahead.

The silence between them was not an empty one. Each of them was turning something over in their own mind.

Declan glanced at Leona from the corner of his eye.

"If you believe Luc — that Lenora is still in there—" Declan broke the quiet, as