A small signpost at the side of the highway was the first indicator that they had finally left Aurora and arrived at Nestin.
The second was when Raymond pulled up to a surprisingly nice-looking motel for them to rest.
It was late afternoon, the sun sitting lazily in the sky and the weather was quickly cooling, trails of evening breeze causing goosebumps to rise on their skins.
She turned to look at him when he turned off the car but made no move to get out, her teeth worrying her bottom lip.
After the encounter they had with the mercenaries a thousand and one question swirled around in her head, demanding to be answered, but she settled on just one.
"Are you alright?"
He pinched the bridge of his nose as he leaned back and rested fully on his seat before answering. "No."
"Would yo
