Chapter 26

JAX:

After looking through the front view mirror and confirming Rozeta was indeed asleep, I shift back to my initial position of leaning on the car door while looking out the window.

Hours of driving has made her exhausted and was at the brisk of tiring me out as well. It was mostly due to the energy I used in protecting her from harm's way.

"You've caused havoc to the human world, you know that right?" I hear Manuel ask from beside me in a voice that was silent enough for me alone to hear.

I shut my eyes close first before dishing out a response to him. "I know," is what I say.

He continues with his driving while I take my time to relax my head for a while. I was certain of the fact that he was going to ask something else soon which is why I half-heartedly await him.

I was worried about Rozeta. Her reaction when I looked at her was something I didn't think I would see after seeing how well she was handling the situation before then. She opened my eyes to one thing and that was the pa