#Chapter 152: The Chase

Matt

It took a few hours to get to the first location by car, and we spent most of it in tense silence. Jack drummed his fingers against his knee, and I stared hard at the road. The trees passed by in a blur, and the further we traveled, the less we saw other cars. Eventually, it was just us, twisting along a dirt road between the towering trees.

“Are we close?” Jack asked, breaking the silence for the first time in hours.

I cleared my throat. “Yes. We’ll have to hike the last bit.”

He scowled. “Obviously.”

I rolled my eyes but didn’t respond. I couldn’t exactly blame him for being angry with me, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t be pissed, too. If he’d just been honest with us, none of this would be happening. Now they had Celeste, and I had no idea what they were doing to her, or if she was even safe.

My grip tightened on the steering wheel, and Jack gave me a sideways look.

“Your eyes are gold,” he said, sounding the most cautious I’d ever heard him.

I forced myself to take a few dee