Darker London

To pick her up, Cai would have to drive the ridiculous distance to Zoe’s house and then all of the way back toward Danny’s, which was only a mere twenty minutes (on a good day) from Cai’s church. It would have been faster for Zoe to get a ride to Danny’s house with Liz, and though Zoe was worried about Rachel… speed didn’t feel like the most important thing.

She waited outside, across the vast lawn from the house, shivering in her coat near the gate. Cai gave her a very unimpressed ‘why aren’t you waiting in the warm?’ look as she piled into his car, pulled off her gloves with her teeth and pushed them up against the heater. “Turn off your face,” Zoe said, not looking at him.

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