Chapter 78 No Point Of Return

• Lena's POV
• The stillness of the dawn opened out before us, a terrible peace that bit at my nerves. My heart hammered in my chest, each pulse reminding me of how precarious our circumstances now were. Though I wanted to think we were safe, Alex looked at me and I knew we were far from it. His mouth closed and his eyes flew to Finn, who was just ahead inspecting the road ahead.
• Alex today was different from him yesterday. Under his typically calm attitude, the frigid rage bubbling underlined had become more intense and erratic. Though neither uttered a word, I could sense the tension in the air between him and Finn. But Alex's forbearance stunned me after all Finn had done—his treachery, the lies he concocted. I doubted my own ability to be so under control.