The Year I Stopped Being His novel Chapter 133

"Don't cry in sorrow, don't ever give up, I'll stay by your side for the rest of my life..." Coach Jensen joined in on the awful serenade.

"Move out!"

At Professor Harrison's command, the snowcat lurched forward.

The crunch of treads on packed snow blended seamlessly with the deep rumble of the engine.

Sloane opened her eyes and looked out the window.

The illuminated path blurred backward as they carved deep tracks into the frozen wasteland. Beyond the headlights, an impenetrable darkness swallowed the world. Occasionally, the jagged silhouette of a distant glacier broke the horizon, looming like a silent, crouching beast.

In that quiet moment, her mind drifted back to a night in Stockholm.

She had sat by five-year-old Archie Foster's bedside, watching his dark eyelashes flutter against his cheeks and his little chest rising and falling in deep slumber.

Back then, that tiny boy in the bed was her entire universe.

But right now, looking out into the void...

She realized that this endless, suffocating darkness might actually be her final resting place.

"Sloane, what are you thinking about?"

Lilah's voice chimed in beside her, dripping with innocent curiosity.

Sloane turned to look at her. The cabin lights were too dim to read her features, leaving only those wide, eager eyes shining like predatory glints in the dark.

This girl... Sloane mentally shook her head; she had never been good at untangling other people's hidden agendas anyway.

"Nothing," she replied smoothly.

The snowcat continued its trek across the frozen barrens...

Outside, the scenery remained a monotonous loop of shadow, snow, and crushing silence. Time felt completely frozen, stretching every passing minute into an agonizing century.

Sloane wasn't sure if she actually fell asleep. She simply kept her eyes shut, absorbing the rumble of the chassis, the dry heat hitting her face, and the faint, rhythmic breathing of the girl sitting next to her.

Six agonizing hours later, the vehicle finally lurched to a halt.

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