Chapter 14

Scarlett My gaze fell onto the stretch of empty rural highway as the forest pressed in from both sides. I'd been staring out the window, still thinking about who I had been and who I was becoming. Lucien sat beside me silently but his presence was hard for me to ignore. I looked back at him and was about to ask him something—but before the words formed in my mouth, a deafening crack split the air. I groaned as the car lurched violently. “What's going on—” I couldn't even finish my words when the world tilted. The front tire blew out—Lucien's beta, who was driving, cursed under his breath as he yanked the streeing wheel. “Out!” I heard Lucien barked. His voice snapped something in me. I hurriedly unbuckled the seatbelt, and shoved the door open. Fuck. The night had already swallowed the road, and the wind carried the scent of something dangerous lurking, watching every of our moves. I watched Lucien's back who stepped in front of me, his posture shifting instantly from composed to a nat