Chapter 155. Black

Carlos drove in silence, his hands steady on the wheel. The tension in the car was suffocating, pressing against Anna’s chest like a truck of bricks.. 

She stared out the window, watching the darkened streets slip past, her fingers curled into fists on her lap.

She wanted to say something…anything…but what was there to say? That she was scared? That she wished she had never gotten involved in this world? 

That she wanted to run and never look back?

None of that mattered now.

Carlos pulled the car into an empty lot a few blocks away from their destination. He killed the engine, but neither of them moved at first.

Then he exhaled sharply, running a hand through his hair. “Let’s get down.” He opened his side of the car and got down, not waiting for a response from the girl. 

Anna was in the dark here, but she trusted him. So she got down, but she could not help but ask, “What are we doing?”

“We need to ditch the car. Anna, if we’r