Chapter Sixteen

They must have been riding for hours by now, their previous conversation lost to the wind, Kai going much faster and covering a lot more ground than Niklas the first time, in an obvious rush as far away from the rogue territory as possible. At some point along the way Gunnar had split off from the group and hasn’t returned, but Niklas doesn’t seem concerned which tells Serenia she has no reason to be either.

The ride is silent and tense, at least on Serenia’s end. Niklas seems to fade in and out of consciousness which worries her, but the colour in his face keeps her heart steady. During what feels like his hundredth time shaking himself awake with the blanket still surprisingly stuck to him, he finally speaks.

“How long was I out this time?”

“Just under an hour I think, I don’t have anything to tell the time, the trees are too thick above us for me to see the sky clearly.”

She feels him nod and lean his head against her back again,