A Luna for Alpha Kieran - Chapter 98: Father

... the night like a bullet.

Trees whipped past like ghosts...some leafless silhouettes against the charcoal sky...some thick with bushy canopy. Wind screamed through the gaps in the windows, carrying with it the stench of soil and rotting pine.

Every time the wheels hit a pothole, the entire car jolted, bouncing so violently Lyla’s teeth nearly clicked against each other.

"Father...Father, slow down!Please..." she cried, clutching the door handle with white knuckles.