I didn’t need any more encouragement than I was already getting. The solidarity and support from everyone just reminded me where I was going and what would follow and the thought of it made me feel like puking. Honestly, I wanted to run away, run away as far as possible and never come back, but I knew better. I knew I couldn’t do that. Not to my mom and Alarick, not to Kendra since I had already brought her here. Just as I was thinking about her, she suddenly appeared in front of me. “Once you finish, I’ll take you to the beach,” she said, but I didn’t understand. Sure, we could go to the beach, but it would take a long time to get there. Even by car you needed to drive through around three hours of tunnels and since they redirected it away from West Dome, it might be even longer. “What