The Hummer rolled southeast, its engine purring like the kitten Lachlan always said that his baby was like.
It tires hummed over patched asphalt, easily dancing over all the obstacles in its path. Just as before with the truck, Zubair drove, his hands fixed at ten and two, and his eyes never still.
Sera watched the tree line as they flew past. Thin pines, brown ditch water, a collapsed barn with its roof bent down. She leaned forward between the seats, quiet, alert. Not planning. Not predicting. Just watching for the next door to open.
To say that she had never experienced a world like this in either one of her lives before was not an understatement. She felt just like Alice in Wonderland, only she never wanted to leave. Every time she saw a rabbit hole, she just wanted to dive deeper in.
Of course, it helped that her creature was feeling the exact same way.
