ErinaSitting next to the truck driver and watching the road go by, I thought of Magnus and wondered if he was searching for me. A part of me hoped he would. That he would find me and take me back. When the driver asked me where I was headed and I told him, home, it was Black Rock Castle I thought of. That was my home. Not my father’s house in Chaumont.“Are you alright, Miss?” the driver asked. He was a young man in his thirties, about the same age as Magnus, with a wild, unkempt blonde beard and striking gray-green eyes.“I will be,” I offered him a smile. “It has been a trying couple of days.”“I’ve had me a few of those,” he chuckled, and it was a pleasant sound. His eyes crinkled at the corners when he smiled, unforced and genuine.Please don’t be a pervert. I wouldn’t want to hurt you too. But he kept his focus on the road, and I was relieved.He must have noticed my dry, chapped lips. “Thirsty?” He handed me a bottle of water, and I gratefully guzzled it, letting it soothe my a
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