Chapter 105

Nathan had a gun hidden in his coat with an extra clip in his pocket, and Sasha had a gun tucked away safely as well. Jim would have to do with what powers he could use, if any. The rest of their belongings they had left in their room.

“I don’t see him,” Sasha whispered, looking sharply around the parking lot. They walked with Jim between them just in case he crumbled to the ground.

“Why doesn’t that make me feel any better?” Nathan said.

The parking lot was empty of people. They had chosen a motel in that specific neighborhoodbecauseit was quieter and close to the Veil doorway. Nathan glanced at their car’s tires, remembering the Gatehouse. They looked fine.

“We can still make a break for it,” he said.

“But our stuff,” Jim said, looking up at the motel.

“It does seem a little too easy,” Sasha said, bending over to look at the car more closely, as if he half expected to find a bomb hidden under the carriage.

“Walter?” Nathan called.