Elham blinked away the sleep and exhaustion from her eyes. Her muscles ached. She had been behind the wheels for about four hours now. Night enveloped them, stars twinkling like tiny little eyes monitoring their progress. The temperature had dropped considerably, and now she could feel frostbites in the tips of her toes. Or maybe it was just the blood loss.
Ruby snoozed in the passenger's seat, snuggled into a blanket. Occasionally, she would groan and squirm around like someone having a nightmare.
In the cargo bed of the pickup truck, Ajax was also under a blanket, snoring lightly.
Arthur laid on his back, looking up at the stars with his bandaged leg propped up against his backpack.
Juniper had taken out the bullet after she had made her daring escape using the tanker. Now, she star
