Chapter 25: Saving Kaya

Sol's POV Serin and I had picked up a trail on the highway leading back home. A gust of wind had blown in through the open windows of my car and led with it the unmistakable scent of Mia's best friend, Kaya Taylor. "Sol, do you–" Serin had begun to ask me if I had smelled it too, no doubt. Without answering his question, I quickly swerved into one of the smaller lanes. The trail eventually led us to an abandoned building some miles away from the highway and hustle of street life. The building itself belonged to an old coal mining facility that had run out of business a few years ago. It was broken down and shabby, hardly something anyone would be interested in. Anyone, that was, except those up to illegal activities and required a place to hide out. "Stay here," I told the two women sitting in the backseat as I got out. To my surprise, or perhaps not so, I saw Mia get out of the car just as I did. "Mia, you have to–" She held up her hand to stop me. "What I have to do is go inside an