CHAPTER 40: Helping an Old Friend

　　“Let’s go! We can move now”

　　Alpha Adrian ordered all of the guards to return to the car and we all immediately followed suit. My grandmother and I were still in the same car as before, but the situation was different this time because my father stayed with us.

　　We drove away from the Eden Spring gate area, our next destination Ascot River, my heart racing as if it was about to burst out of my chest and I was terrified to see Alpha Drax once we arrived.

　　A bad habit that should have died long ago haunted me once more; I rubbed my knuckles together and began to shake my feet anxiously. My gaze was drawn to the outside of the window, not to take in the scenery, but to consider what was on my mind.