We weren't too far away from the back door. It seemed that quite a few people were in the hallway. They were checking out, maybe?
“It's getting late," Warren said. “We should probably go back inside and prepare for our journey. We have a long trip ahead of us tomorrow."
He was right. If we continued to walk to my pack lands, it would take a while. We'd discussed the possibility of taking public transportation, now that we were in a village, but I thought it might still be a bit risky until we were farther away from the capital. He could be recognized, and then word could get back to Prince Theo of where we were.
Just the thought of Theo discovering what we were up to made my stomach ache. I didn't want to think about how terrifying his reaction would be when he found out I'd escaped.
