Chapter 152
- ARIA'S POV
- The truck rumbled over the bumpy dirt road, its tires kicking up a cloud of dust that hung in the hot air.
- I stared out the window, watching the endless expanse of sand and scrub roll by. The sun beat down mercilessly, and for what felt like an eternity, there was no sign of civilization—just the wide, empty desert stretching to the horizon.