Book 2: Chapter 14

Willow POV

An awkward silence fills the car ride to the rogue colony. I feel like I need to make small talk with Osiris, but I am also fine ignoring his existence.

Osiris pulls the car over onto the side of the road and reaches into his pocket, pulling out a red bandana. "I can't let you see the way to the colony. Not until I know that you can be trusted." He tells me.

I wouldn't say I like it, but I must play my part well. "What if I promise to keep my eyes closed?" I laugh, pretending to be nervous.

"No," Osiris says seriously. "It is this way, or I leave you here on the side of the highway."

I can tell by his tone of voice that he is not joking. He will leave me here to protect his colony, and that is something that I will have to learn to respect.

"Okay," I say, holding my hand out for the bandana. "I will wear it."

"I have to put it on," Osiris says in the same solemn tone.

"I don't like to be touched," I remind him, but he doesn't seem to care.

"I promise no