Chapter 288

“Who do you think she’s bringing back with her?” Meadow cuts into my thoughts, pulling me out of the endless stirring of coffee I have been doing while daydreaming about nothing and everything all at once. I shrug, frowning with a deflated exhale and shake my head. “Honestly, with her, it could be anyone. She’s vague, and I’m not convinced she’s sane. I still don’t know if we should trust her or not.” “Oh, she’s sane. She’s just a little all-knowing and smug for my liking. I don’t trust her as far as I could throw her while in human form.” Carmen interjects, her face worn and drawn with dark circles under her eyes. Telltale signs she didn’t sleep at all, and she moves to rummage a small cooler beside the chest for fresh food and finds nothing. We’re all tired, bellies rumbling from hunger and fed up waiting here. “One of us should go back to the truck for breakfast supplies. I need bacon, lots and lots of bacon.” Meadow grunts out, never cheerful in the morning without her food, and i