Chapter 221

We spent the whole day driving. The road stretched on endlessly, and we only stopped for dinner when it was too late to keep going. Both of us were supernatural, but we could still get tired.

Xavier pulled into a small diner and gently woke me up. I'd dozed off most of the way. We freshened up, had a quiet dinner, and then decided to take a walk.

By now, I was wide awake. My mind was racing, too much was going on in there. Xavier knew I usually cleared my head by running in the woods, but this tiny town didn’t have the same effect. Still, anything was better than staying in bed alone all night.

We walked in silence for a while until we came to a closed amusement park.

"I remember going to amusement parks at Silver Moon with my dad and Aunt Julie," I said, stopping in front of the locked gates.

Xavier paused beside me. "I never got to go to any parks."

"Never?" I asked, surprised. You’d think someone from an Alpha bloodline would have everything they wanted, but I guess I was wrong.

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