I can't even express the joy that hit me when Faylinn called yesterday. I know Constance agreed that she would, but honestly, until it happened, I was weary of the old woman. She reached out to us the night after we had everyone together to plan. I'm still a little overwhelmed by the show of support, if I'm honest. But sitting in the passenger seat of this armored Humvee, with the Pahkan driving, I can't help but keep smiling to myself.
"You look excited, son," the Pahkan says as we drive quietly with dim floodlights barely illuminating the forest in front of us.
I turn my head to glance at him without the grin leaving my face. "A night of destruction, murder, and mayhem with the most insane bunch of people I know, and I get my wife back? Yeah, I'm f*****g excited."
He laughs an
