Chapter 195 - Trust

Elias rubbed his eyes and nodded. He still felt a little tired, but he could feel a pang of hunger in his stomach.

"I'm hungry."

Melina nodded, "Let me ask Tyler if he wants to grab a bite too."

"Ty, are you hungry?" Melina called to him.

"Yeah, I'm going to pull over at a rest stop soon for the rest of the night," Tyler called back.

"Should we wake Scott?" Melina asked.

Elias shook his head.

"I take it that you guys don't really like each other," Melina commented, lifting an eyebrow.

"He's always been competitive with me. He always has to be better. He always has to prove a point against mine,"

Elias muttered as he shook his head. "And he hasn't exactly been the biggest supporter of my relationship."

"He's not the easiest person to be around, but I do owe him," Melina explained.

Elias sighed and nodded, knowing where she was coming from. He didn't want to argue with her or have tension with her either.

They needed to work together, and that started with them actually liking each other.Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

He didn't mind her. He thought that she was kind and smart. It was just hard for him to jump the hurdle of her being a stranger to him.

She was his sister, but it would take some time for him to see her as such. Hopefully, he was given that time, and it wouldn't be too late for all of them.

There was no telling how close Alaric was to them. They wouldn't know until he made himself known.

He peered down the hallway toward the bedroom to see that the door to the bedroom was open for some reason.

With a confused expression, he edged closer to the bedroom until he could see the bed. Only Tyler was sleeping.

Where was Melina at? Elias glanced all around the RV, even checking the front seats to see if she had snoozed there for some reason. She was gone.

He felt a jolt of worry as he opened the door to the RV and slipped out, the sun nearly blinding him. He held his hand over his eyes, peering around the rest stop.

Elias saw truckers, lone travelers, and families venturing to and from the rest stop building. He figured that maybe Melina took a walk or got a snack from one of the vending machines. What if she took off, though?

He then shook his head. Melina would never leave Tyler behind like that. She had to be around here somewhere.

He walked around the rest stop, passing by the vending machines and restrooms until he reached a grassy field in the back.

Some people were walking their dogs. Some were lounging on wooden benches. His eyes stopped roaming when he saw someone sitting at the base of a small oak tree in the near distance.

Elias walked over to Melina, seeing that her legs were crossed and her eyes were closed. He tried to quiet his steps, but her eyes popped open.

"Sorry. I couldn't find you for a second," he said. He hadn't meant to disturb whatever she was doing.

An amused look crossed Melina's face.

"What? You thought I ran off or something?" she asked him.

Elias shrugged sheepishly.

"I knew you wouldn't leave Tyler, but you were just gone," he told her. "What are you doing out here?"

"Meditating," Melina replied before patting the ground next to her. "It's important that I stay connected to the Earth."

"For your magic?" Elias questioned as he sat next to her.

"And my soul. It's good for you," Melina told him.

"How did you learn all this stuff?" Elias asked. No one had ever talked to him about the Earth or helping his soul or whatever.

Maybe it was just a witch thing. Demons were seen as parasites to the Earth.. He didn't want to be a parasite, but he couldn't deny his nature.