Gareth shook his head. "We can't leave here." He was grounded from leaving; he lived in, had a job in Mullen. Sure he could visit his parents, but at the same time he had business to attend to, and if he planned on leaving he had to go with prior notice. Harker also believed that running wouldn't get them far. Whatever was after Sophia needed to be confronted, not ran from. He offered no explanation as to why they couldn't leave, for he thought it needed no further explanation to start. Feril and Sophia could fill in the blanks fairly easily. Gareth looked at Sophia despairingly, him knowing she likely blamed herself for it all, but she couldn't help it. Whatever danger they were in, she was not the cause and didn't need to be blamed.