34Lemon Verbena CreamsicleWhen Soren woke up the sun had completely set. They were still driving through interminable fields of dead crops and blackened trees. The desert had disappeared the further they got away from Detroit, but every time they got near another fallen outpost, the parched landscape made a reappearance.
Conversation was difficult over the roar of the powerful engine. Instead, Soren received reassuring glances from Aideen and Jacob, and the occasional thumbs up sign from Billy.
At one point after Soren awoke, Billy and Jacob changed places so that Billy could focus on a spell he was coding and transmitting via the GPS system. It seemed the satellites were fading in and out with a frequency that frustrated Billy’s attempts. More than once they had to change direction to f
