*Daphne*
Even though we were still headed into the heart of the dark forest, watching the trees whoosh by from the comfort of a car was a lot better than trudging through them.
“We should reach Hestia's lair by nightfall," Rion told us from the passenger seat. I tried to meet his eye in the rearview mirror, but he didn't return my gaze. His expression was stoic, but not completely emotionless. Something bothered him, but I was unsure what.
I looked out the window at the falling rain to cool off the burn that still bubbled between us from our last conversation, which had left me gutted. He wanted me to just forget about him, after all we had been through. I didn't want to forget.
The sadness reached a low point inside of me, but I fought to keep it from the surface so I could stay f
