Clark POV
It was 8:00 AM, and I was sitting in the cramped seat of a plane, staring out the window at the endless stretch of clouds. The familiar feeling of travel should've been comforting, but there was nothing comforting about this. I wasn't happy to be going home. I wasn't relieved, or even eager to return to the safety of my family. I should have been. I should've been jumping for joy, grateful to be escaping the nightmare that had haunted me. But instead, I felt an insidious, cold weight pressing down on my chest.
I wasn't free.