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The tempest chases us as we head for my ho off the roads in this storm Normally, it’s supposed to be a two-and-a-half-hour drive between Ellis and Vegas, but the way Dax is driving, we’ll be there in half the time

Haden’s head lolls on my shoulder, and I worry he ht And what is to come of him and Dax and Garrick? Would they stay in Ellis with me? Or would they make a new plan and move on? Now that Haden had quite literally--from the sounds of it--burned the connection between him and his father, he has to be inabout the Oracle’s predicting that he may cease to exist Would the path he chose today lead to his eventual death? Had he traded his life to spare ht for so long that I al for our lives--until a blast of lightning takes out the speed lin we’ve just careened past

"Take the next exit," I call to Dax froht up"

"I don’t see it"

Is the rain blocking his view that badly?

"Quarter of a "

"Trustwheel He yanks it to the right and erve onto the exit ra it

"Where did that coht now," I shout

He follows h they seem to bewilder him "Oh, there’s the road," he says, as if he can see it only now that we’re on it "What now?"

"Keep following this road It will take us through the canyon for a few et to town"

We fly up Apollo Canton Road, dodging lightning At one point, a strike hits the canyon wall beside us, and a tuh before it crashes into the road Lexie isn’t the only one of us who screams

"Daphne, I don’t know about this!" Dax says "Where do I go now?"

"Straight ahead," I say as Ellis starts to come into view "We’re alroans like all of this is too ht in front of us," I say I can see buildings and hoh the rain, nestled in the heart of the canyon Lit up like little lighthouse beacons beyond the storm My mom’s shop is there Ho the town that had once made it feel like a prison, now make it look like a fortress of safety "You can’t see that?"