~AUTUMN~
"What was that?" I demand as I hear an explosion. I try to look back, but they grab my neck and keep my head facing forward.
"It's nothing for you to worry about." They assure me.
My heart is racing, and I know I can't trust them. Atticus warned me that they couldn't be trusted.
"If you're thinking that we broke our end of the promise, you're mistaken." Owen, the eldest overlord, said. I'd just learned his name after hearing the others call him that. "We did not hurt any of your loved ones. At least not yet; if you try anything stupid, that will change quickly."
I swallow and settle back into my seat without saying another word.
"Where are you taking me?" I ask after a few minutes have passed.
"Back home. Where we live." Alistair answers before Owen can. They were a lo
