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The largest salt flats in the United States were in Utah Flying would have been the quickest way to get there, but even though Mencheres had a private plane, he didn&039;t choose that option Maybe he was trying to give Blake a couple days to prepare for his death

Driving was another possibility, but that came with its own set of difficulties, the least of which was co Blake into a backseat for over two days while driving hireater chance of causing an accident and killing Blake - with plenty of people around to jump into - if they were all crammed into a car

Therefore, Elise was relieved when Mencheres said they&039;d take a train It would just be the three of the too soon since the last train he&039;d taken, whatever that ainst the delad Bones and Cat weren&039;t going

Mencheres booked two bedroom cabins for the journey It would take theet to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah Once they boarded at Union Station, Mencheres closed himself in the cabin with Blake and ordered Elise to sleep in the other one She&039;d stayed awake during the night and through theto watch over Blake The deain, however, and Blake had slept like he&039;d been drugged It seemed with his fate sealed, he felt relieved, while Elise was the one struggling with anger and doubt

Once alone in the cabin, Elise didn&039;t think she&039;d be able to sleep, but her body had different ideas The rocking of the train felt coh herdark shades of orange and blue Almost dusk She&039;d slept the rest of the day away

Elise bolted out of the narrow pull-down bed, guilt filling her There went six of the fifty-five hours re of Blake&039;s life, and she&039;d spent it slu while Blake had been shut in a cabin with a vampire he barely knew True, he barely knew her, either, but compared to the time Blake had spent with Mencheres, Elise was an old friend

She was on her feet and whipping the door open to the neighboring cabin in the next second Blake looked up in surprise to see her in the doorframe, but Mencheres just raised a brow

"With your haste, one ht think you were afraid I&039;d lost hi rather fixedly at her lanced down and felt a spurt of es Not at the fact that she was shy over only wearing her shirt and underwear, but at how that revealed her anxiousness to see hiht I heard soave her a look that said he knew better, but Blake seehed

"I was about to go to the dining cab and get dinner Did you want to come with me?"

"Yes," Elise said at once

A smile spread across Blake&039;s , but it also looked so unfaht be the first tiht want to put so else on"

"Oh" There went that flash of eically rewound, and she was a girl with her first beau "Of course I&039;ll be back soon" Elise returned to her cabin, shaking her head at the strange way she was acting - and feeling