The van comes to a halt, and Brody wastes no time ripping open the rear door and jumping out.
Familiar smells assault my senses… and I hesitate. Widened eyes stare at the swinging metal doors as I count back from ten, hoping that somehow, in those mere ten seconds; I find the courage to face everything I left behind.
I thought Crimson River would be hard, but it no longer held the fractured pieces of my heart. But Blue Ridge? Everyone I love is here within these borders except for Calix.
Sliding the mask over my face, I hop onto the damp Earth. The rest of the crew is already on the ground, surrounding Reece.
A whoosh of air leaves my lungs as our eyes lock. Whatever sentence he’d been saying died on his tongue the moment he laid eyes on me.
“Is it really you?” he stepped through
