Chapter 49

Perrin

Painful. This entire situation was… painful.

The few short miles to the infirmary seemed to stretch on for eternity. We hit every red light on the way there. I ground my teeth.

“Relax,” Kira said soothingly from beside me. “I’m sure she’s fine.”

“Don’t tell me to relax,” I shot back at her, pulling out my phone. I checked fruitlessly for another email; hopefully for a text. Nothing. I sent her a text to call me as soon as she could.

Kira let out a deep breath, gazing out the window of the car. “What do you think Gowan’s going to do?”

I folded my hands uncomfortably in my lap, righting the urge for one hand to rip the other apart.

“Do you really think they’d kidnap him?” She continued.

“I’m not sure Nael would see it as ‘kidnapping,’ exactly….”

She turned impatiently towards me in her seat. “You know what I mean.”

I shrugged. “We’ll have to see how it goes. If he comes back… escapes, I mean…” I trailed off, unsure of what to say next.

“You think he would?” She asked, more curi