278. Surprise

~ JESSE ~

It was hours later when, dirty and exhausted from fighting the power, I almost cried with relief when I found the cabin.

The light was beginning to fade. I was stumbling with weariness. I’d been following an instinct I wasn’t even sure was real—and almost decided that I was losing my mind.

But then, suddenly, the treeline broke open a little to the twilight sky, and there it was, the cabin Rake had told me was out here. And now that I was here, I had my bearings—because the mountain peak could be seen even in the dark—which meant I could get back. I could actually get back to the caves.

Almost crying with relief, I hurried towards the building, bu