My head is reeling, and I’m rendered absolutely speechless. “Wh-here are you taking me?” I stutter. “Somewhere safe,” he assures me before turning back to face the road. “Why? Why are you doing this?” I ask. The car slows for a moment as he turns his head to look at me once more. That familiar face, a face I never would have guessed, never would have suspected. “Professor Corwin, what’s going on?” “I told you I’d come for you, my love. It took a little longer than I would have liked, and I’m sorry for that. Those boys were circling you like sharks,”
