Chapter 35

Let's pause for a moment to appreciate how beautiful the day was. Getting out of the convenience store at dawn, you'd think that we weren't chased by extremists the night before. The air was cool on my skin. The streets, though not yet invaded by half asleep people who would go to work, were free from the mob that threatened to hurt or otherwise convert us to their beliefs.

"I told you we'd make it," I said to a dazed looking Lulu. She was barely conscious after I've shook her...