Chapter 268

“Why did they stop so easily?” “Maybe they can’t go any further….. look.” Meadow points ahead, pulling our attention back to the windscreen, and we can see where the fog thins out enough that it’s barely there. Finally, an end is in sight to this depressing smoke. It’s thinning to almost nonexistent, and I wonder if the spell may weaken when they leave it for any length of time. “You don’t think….” I trail off, unsure how to word it, but Meadow cuts in. “Maybe, I mean, it’s a possible backup plan, right…. kidnapping them one at a time and keeping them out of the fog out here to see…. If all else fails.” She shrugs, a look of possibility glinting in her eye. I blink at her, my gut churning over, gazing back at the distant figures again, and sigh heavily, expelling some heaviness now we know we are running free. “It can’t be that simple. There has to be another reason they aren’t following us.” “We are three…. the homestead is dozens. Maybe they just want to stay where they have more