We finally landed on the Indiana-Ohio border, and both of us were exhausted. Jax's shoulders slumped forward, and dark circles ringed his eyes. If I didn't know better, I'd think he hadn't fed in weeks. But I had the bite marks on my neck to prove otherwise. Too bad for us, we still had a very long walk ahead of us. I wasn't sure either of us would make it much farther, definitely not all the way to the U.P. Not tonight, anyway.

I glanced up at the sky, which was bordering on ...