Chapter 7 Fast Cars and Fallen Tears

The car glided across the interstate as smoothly as a shark through water eating up the miles in a flash. It zipped around other vehicles as if they were standing still. Arei chuckled. In comparison they were. They simply blurred into the background of the signs, railing, and trees as it all became one jumbled streak against the horizon of his rear-view mirror. None of it mattered. All his mind wanted to focus on was the road, the woman beside him, and getting as many miles between her and the mess they'd left behind.

The cold damp nose of the wolf's small head brushed Arei's arm. He glanced down to see that she'd rested her head on the arm rest beside Jos's sleeping form. He smiled down at the creature. "You must be Shelly. Jos has told me quite a lot about you." Big wide wolf eyes met his and he smiled wider. "She loves you guys, you know that right?" His hand involuntarily moved over to rest on Jos's bare thigh.