They rode through the night without stopping. Maya's body went numb from sitting so long. Her arms ached from holding onto Dominic, Her eyes burned from the wind, but she didn't complain, complaining wouldn't change anything.

Dawn broke as they crossed into the next state. The landscape changed from industrial to rural, trees replaced buildings, open fields stretched for miles, they were deep in the countryside now. Far from the city. Far from the Vipers.

Or so Maya hoped.

"Almost there." ...