Allison let out yet another nervous breath. Though her aunts and uncles lived inside the wall, it was a good hour south of them. Her grandparents had traveled in from outside the wall. She hadn't seen them in a year or so.
She fingered the sapphire at her throat while she watched the trees pass by.
"I know you're nervous," Deucalion said. "I wish things weren't the way they are, but hey, we all have time to calm down and work everything out. Let's just get through today. Then we can go home and cuddle up with a movie."
She couldn't help the smile that stretched her lips. "That sounds perfect."
While he drove, she looked over at him. What he'd done for her had left her speechless. It was also an act that she didn't know if she could ever pay back. He'd gone to face her father to smooth
