The drive home was quiet, but it was a nice quiet. Isabella and Marco were fast asleep in the back seat. Their little heads were tilted to the side, and Marco was still clutching his "magic staff" stick.
I looked at Astor and he looked relaxed. The hard lines around his eyes were gone. He looked like the man I fell in love with years ago. Every once in a while, he would look over at me and smile. It wasn't a fake smile. It was real.
"We are almost there," he whispered, so he wouldn't wake the kids.
I looked out the window. We were entering the pack lands. The tall trees of the Eternal Pack were surrounding the car. Usually, this sight made me feel happy but today, it made my stomach do a nervous flip.
"The gamd starts now, right?" I asked softly.
Astor’s smile faded just a little bit.
