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day off and I’ve been wanting to…. uh, test some of the cars out on these mountain roads.” I threw out an idea off the top of my head. It was a stupid idea, but I couldn’t think of anything else.
“Oh that sounds fun,” Jericho started, and I could tell he didn’t really know what to think. “But uh, actually Amelia and I were going to go visit Ileana this afternoon, maybe stay for dinner.”
“Oh that’s cool, I mean, we can do the car thing another time,” I knew the guilt I was about to lay was the kind of stuff that would one day send me to hell, but I couldn’t stop myself and I didn’t really want to anyway. “We’ll hang a different time. When are you leaving again? Tomorrow?”
“You should come with us,” Jericho offered sincerely. I paused, trying to read through his laid back niceness.
“I wouldn’t want to impose,” I mumbled, not meaning it at all. But I thought I should give my conscience one last effort.
“No, you won’t be. It will be fun. Or maybe it won’t be…. are you down there all the time?” Jericho asked, and his concerned face legitimately seemed to be worried I would be bored and not that I would try to take the girl that he was interested in.
“Actually, I haven’t been down there in over a year. I probably should go with you,” I laughed at the truth of it.
“Alright, Jericho, I’m ready,” Amelia announced when she walked into the foyer. She hesitated when our eyes met as if she didn’t trust me. I smiled happily in return.
“Mimi, you don’t mind if Avalon joins us, do you?” Jericho asked casually, holding open the door for her. He was certain she wouldn’t have a problem with it and I almost laughed out loud certain she would have a problem with it.
“Not at all,” she lied, brushing by me as if I didn’t exist.
“Good,” I mumbled under my breath and then found myself smiling when she gave me a sharp glance back. I hadn’t meant for her to hear me, but there was something thrilling about the fact that she had, like she was very aware of me.
We walked out the castle doors and down the long stone staircase that led into the square. The sun was shining brightly overhead and warming the cobblestone streets. We were having somewhat of an Indian summer and there was only a hint of colder weather on the breeze.
We had to take motorcycles to get to the gypsy village; they were parked underneath the castle in the garage. Three and a half years ago, when we took down Lucan, Eden had destroyed the prisons underground. She didn’t care at the time, but the crumbling of the dungeon caused severe structural damage on the entire Citadel; not to mention the giant crevice that practically swallowed the Earth whole. The first year of my rule I had the entire place restructured and made secure so that the castle itself wouldn’t fall into the depths of the Earth’s core.
Through all of that, the garage had maintained minimal damage. Lucan had kept an entire fleet of expensive sports cars in top shape. They had to be some of the rarest and most expensive vehicles on the planet, since some of them were original models from all throughout the twentieth century. I supposed they were technically Kiran’s inheritance, but I couldn’t stop myself from drooling every time I got to take one out.
The motorcycles in the garage were more practical and every day, but they were still some of the better models available.
The three of us picked out helmets to match our head sizes and headed toward the section where the bikes were parked. Jericho picked out his bike and started walking it toward the garage entrance.
“You don’t have to ride with him,” I jutted my
“Oh that sounds fun,” Jericho started, and I could tell he didn’t really know what to think. “But uh, actually Amelia and I were going to go visit Ileana this afternoon, maybe stay for dinner.”
“Oh that’s cool, I mean, we can do the car thing another time,” I knew the guilt I was about to lay was the kind of stuff that would one day send me to hell, but I couldn’t stop myself and I didn’t really want to anyway. “We’ll hang a different time. When are you leaving again? Tomorrow?”
“You should come with us,” Jericho offered sincerely. I paused, trying to read through his laid back niceness.
“I wouldn’t want to impose,” I mumbled, not meaning it at all. But I thought I should give my conscience one last effort.
“No, you won’t be. It will be fun. Or maybe it won’t be…. are you down there all the time?” Jericho asked, and his concerned face legitimately seemed to be worried I would be bored and not that I would try to take the girl that he was interested in.
“Actually, I haven’t been down there in over a year. I probably should go with you,” I laughed at the truth of it.
“Alright, Jericho, I’m ready,” Amelia announced when she walked into the foyer. She hesitated when our eyes met as if she didn’t trust me. I smiled happily in return.
“Mimi, you don’t mind if Avalon joins us, do you?” Jericho asked casually, holding open the door for her. He was certain she wouldn’t have a problem with it and I almost laughed out loud certain she would have a problem with it.
“Not at all,” she lied, brushing by me as if I didn’t exist.
“Good,” I mumbled under my breath and then found myself smiling when she gave me a sharp glance back. I hadn’t meant for her to hear me, but there was something thrilling about the fact that she had, like she was very aware of me.
We walked out the castle doors and down the long stone staircase that led into the square. The sun was shining brightly overhead and warming the cobblestone streets. We were having somewhat of an Indian summer and there was only a hint of colder weather on the breeze.
We had to take motorcycles to get to the gypsy village; they were parked underneath the castle in the garage. Three and a half years ago, when we took down Lucan, Eden had destroyed the prisons underground. She didn’t care at the time, but the crumbling of the dungeon caused severe structural damage on the entire Citadel; not to mention the giant crevice that practically swallowed the Earth whole. The first year of my rule I had the entire place restructured and made secure so that the castle itself wouldn’t fall into the depths of the Earth’s core.
Through all of that, the garage had maintained minimal damage. Lucan had kept an entire fleet of expensive sports cars in top shape. They had to be some of the rarest and most expensive vehicles on the planet, since some of them were original models from all throughout the twentieth century. I supposed they were technically Kiran’s inheritance, but I couldn’t stop myself from drooling every time I got to take one out.
The motorcycles in the garage were more practical and every day, but they were still some of the better models available.
The three of us picked out helmets to match our head sizes and headed toward the section where the bikes were parked. Jericho picked out his bike and started walking it toward the garage entrance.
“You don’t have to ride with him,” I jutted my
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