#Chapter 125 Warm Welcome

Mira Malachi was late. Or, he was making us wait. Either way, my anxiety was heightened and I was wondering if I really was being set up. We’d been guided towards a parking lot near a scenic overlook, hours and hours away from home. There was one other car there when we arrived in the early evening, but after a while a couple appeared from the trail and drove off together. I almost laughed at the contrast between that happy couple out here enjoying nature and Lucian and myself. I was nearly jumping out of my skin at every sound of the snap of a twig or swish of movement in the trees. Finally, just as the sun was dipping behind the trees and the shadows were deepening around us, a luxury SUV showed up. There was no question that this was what we had been waiting for. “Don’t you think you should wait—“ I didn’t wait for Lucian to finish speaking before I opened the door and got out of the car. They had parked at an angle and slightly behind our car, and I realized when