"Ofcourse, if that's the place you want to go," Ezra winked his eyes, Christian keeping the hands in his pockets, glanced forward aiming to reach his destination, "I can't waste even a minute, because finding my mom and saving her, that's the only goal of mine." The sky had shifted from orange and yellowish to grey and blank, while the clouds were thick with the scent of rain. Christian drove in silence, his fingers loosely curled around the steering wheel, while Ezra sat beside him, invisible to the world yet always present for him.The ring, the ancient seal of the House of Evernight, rested heavy in Christian's pocket, as if it carried not just simple weight, but a strong purpose."You’re quiet," Ezra said after a while, with a low and cautious voice, "What's running in your mind?" Christian glanced at the rearview mirror, watching the landscape blur into misty hills. "I’m just thinking, it's about my mom, what exactly she was trying to protect? Why did she risk her life to prot