~ SASHA ~
It was as if the forest had been simply removed—as if it had never existed in this space. There was no trees, no stumps, nothing. Just grass and weeds and flowers for what appeared to be miles. The space slowly being revealed in front of the car and stretching off to her right reached almost to the foothills of the mountains—so far away her eyes couldn't make out the detail beyond more thick trees at ground level.
Nick's voice intruded on her nervous assessment. He'd turned in his seat to look at her over his shoulder. "Are you certain about this, Sasha? We can still go back to Thana and bring Zev through instead."
"No. Absolutely not."
