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I heave a seat upright and sit myself down with a stubborn glare.
“I toldyou.” Sebastian clenches his jaw. “No one’s coming to find us.”
“Of course they will,” I argue. “There’s a black box! We’ve disappeared from radar! They already know we’re in distress, and when the plane doesn’t arrive in London as planned, they’ll come looking—”
“And they won’t find us!”
Sebastian’s yell echoes in the wreckage of the cabin. I flinch back, watching as he drags a hand through his hair, full of tension. “They won’t find us, because I planned it that way.”
“I don’t understand…” I stare at him, trying to make sense of it.
“I told you, I took a detour so you and me could talk. I turned off the flight communicator so nobody could track us,” Sebastian says curtly. “We’re hundreds of miles off our official flight plan. Nobody’s coming to rescue you, because nobody knows where the fuck we are!”
His words sink in.
I let out a hysterical laugh. “You mean… Because you were kidnapping me, we’re going to freeze to death out here? That’s just perfect,” I say, giving him a slow clap. “Amazing work. Truly, that’s the genius planning and strategy I would expect from the great Sebastian Wolfe.”
He glares. “You should be thanking me,” Sebastian growls, finding a duffel bag in the wreckage that must be his own luggage.
“Thanking you?” I echo in disbelief.
“Yes. Because if we’d been on the official flight plan, that explosion would have crashed us down in the middle of nowhere. Instead, we’re about twenty miles from my lodge. We can make it by nightfall, but only if we start walking now.” He hefts his bag and climbs through the gaping hole in the side of the cabin, out into the snow.
He pauses to look back at me impatiently. “Avery, I’m not fucking around here. We need to go. Now.”
I don’t move. “I wouldn’t go anywhere with you if my life depended on it.”
“Fine.” Sebastian scowls. “It’s your choice. Stay here and freeze. Or maybe the wolves will get you first.”
He starts to walk, trudging determinedly in the snow—without once looking back.
I watch him go, his figure getting smaller and smaller, further away.
Leaving me here alone. With no food, no warmth, no chance of rescue. No hope of surviving the night.
It’s either Sebastian or the wolves.
Damn it.
I quickly unbuckle my sandals and switch them out for a pair of boots in my case. Rifling through the rest of my things, I grab a wool hat and a scarf. I wasn’t exactly dressing for the snow, but I do the best I can. Then, I gather some clothes and a few other essentials, cramming them into my shoulder bag before climbing awkwardly out of the plane after Sebastian.
“Wait!” I call out, struggling to catch up as my feet sink into the snow. “Sebastian!”
He doesn’t stop, but he slows a little, until I finally draw level with him. “How far is it?” I ask, fastening my coat tighter. The sun is still high in the sky, but the mountains are looming, snowy, all around us, and the silence is ominous, filling me with unease.
Sebastian doesn’t reply.
“I said, how far?” I try again, hating that I’m stuck with him.
“I don’t know, five hours’ walk north, maybe six,” Sebastian says, checking his expensive watch. It turns out, there’s some kind of compass on the watch face, and he adjusts direction, pointing to the narrow passage between two mountain peaks. “If we follow the valley, we should hit a road eventually.”
“And then?”
“Then we pray we make it before nightfall.”
I gulp. “My ankle hurts,” I say, feeling the ache with every step. “I don’t think I can walk for that long.”
Sebastian sends me a scornful look. “You can take it.”
