After that first scare, the trip was uneventful. Jacob kept up a brisk pace so he wouldn't lose the Impala in the night. The engine was powerful, and sometimes Jacob swore Dean would speed up when he was close enough to see the taillights more clearly. He wondered if he was walking faster than the speed limit. His long strides covered so much ground.
Finally, when he'd been covering his increasingly frequent yawns for half an hour, the Impala slowed down ahead. The terrain sloped and rose around them in what felt like all directions, with mountains looming over even Jacob behind them. The brothers had stopped the car near a flatter area thic