#Chapter 263: Replaced

Audrey My heart pounded against the inside of my chest as Edwin expertly maneuvered the car through the winding road. But try as we might to keep pace, the white van ahead wove through the trees with even more practiced precision, the driver clearly knowing every twist and turn like the back of his hand. Unlike us. We had been on the van’s tail for miles now, Edwin’s eyes never once leaving the road. His knuckles were white as sheets around the steering wheel, his focus entirely zeroed in on not letting that van out of our sight. It wasn’t easy. I braced myself against the dashboard as we hit another rough patch of road, the car jolting violently. “I need to try to get into the driver’s mind,” I said, shutting my eyes and narrowing my focus. It was the only way; I had to compel him to stop, somehow. “Can you even reach him from here?” Peter asked, gripping the back of my seat. “I don’t know,” I muttered, “but I have to try.” Edwin grunted as he hit