Chapter 188 Hospitality

• Faye
• It’s raining. I watch a raindrop roll down the window, absorbing its companions. The rest of the world is a dark blur as I press my fingertips to the window, finding the glass cold. Someone touches my thigh in the darkness, murmuring something under their breath. Soon, the world comes into view again, a dark forest expanding on either side of the… the car. “Why are we stopping?” I ask into the dark interior. Headlights flash ahead.
• “Good evening,” an unfamiliar voice echoes, pulling me out of a dream. “Wake up. Come on, you’ve been asleep for an entire day. You’re probably starving.”