a week to pretend that I’m a normal kid, who doesn’t have to worry about serious shit. A week where I can enjoy my friends and be more concerned about how I’m going to do my hair for the dance, than about how I’m going to die.” Well damn. “I’ve already talked it over with Trevor. It’s a masquerade ball, so that’ll allow even more Guardians there as they won’t technically be revealing themselves. They can wear masks. They already have Wards up at my school, and you’ll be able to tell if a Reaper is near. And if that happens, the moment you say ‘go’, I will follow. Just please let me have this. I need this. I am determined to just go to a dance as a normal teenager without having to watch my friends die.”
“Fine.” Sometimes, I’d swear up and down there was no way this girl was only eighteen. Everything she said made sense, and I got it, but that still didn’t ease my worry.
“So, where do we find this dress that will end up in a pile on the floor?” This time, the smile spread across her face. After all of this was said and done, I’d put twenty on her going to law school. The way she could convince people to see things her way was astonishing.
***
“Where to Lacie?” Abram asked. Since I’d been here, he’d never spoken directly to me. He would speak to everyone but me it seemed. No idea why, but I didn’t probe. Most of the Guardians disliked me, but they’d at least nod or go over things with me when it came to protecting Lacie. But with Abram, nothing, not so much as a nod or peep my way. The most reaction I’d ever got out of him was the deliberate rolling of his hazel eyes. If he always didn’t look so angry, I’d say he might be attractive. He stood about six feet and had the body of an Olympic swimmer. He had long, lean, and muscular limbs, but he wasn’t overly bulky. His hazel eyes complimented his short, honey brown hair that never looked combed.
“Mall of Georgia,” I answered to annoy him. Lacie rolled her eyes. Abram gave me a death stare through the rearview mirror and kept the car in park.
“Mall of Georgia,” Lacie answered, and we finally moved. Luckily, the mall was only twenty minutes away, so the awkward silence wasn’t that bad.
“They have valet parking if you want to join us,” I said to Abram, knowing his answer. Lacie hit me in shoulder as we got out of the car. Trevor didn’t accompany us in the car, but he sat, waiting, on the benches outside when we got to the mall.
“How was the drive?” he asked
“Invigorating. Couldn’t get that Abram to shut up.”
“Really?”
“No, the Guardian refused to talk to me. I mean, I know all of your people hate me, but his runs real deep.”
“His sister was killed by a Demon and Reaper working together. So he won’t probably ever talk to you. He thinks you’re bad for Lacie, but he insisted, even though he disagreed with you being here, that he always be assigned to her as well. He almost never leaves her side, which is rare for someone who isn’t a head Guardian. I think Lacie reminds him of his sister. He once told me Lacie looked like her.”
“Ah, well that explains it.”
“Yeah, she was an Angel too.”
“Really? Then how is he a Guardian?”
“His mother is an Angel, and his dad a Guardian. So, he got one half while his sister got the other.”
“Well, we better get going or she’s going to disappear” I said to Trevor as I looked ahead of us to where Lacie had already opened the mall doors.
“You’re right, and at a mall this big, she actually could get lost.” This was the biggest mall I’d ever seen. It had three stories, about every store you could possibly think of, plus a movie theatre. Its size was the reason Lacie said we had to come here, as it would offer the best selection.
“Plus, people are looking at you strangely.” He pointed behind me. Sure enough, some kids were laughing at me. I shook it off. Who cares if people thought I was crazy? As long as
“Fine.” Sometimes, I’d swear up and down there was no way this girl was only eighteen. Everything she said made sense, and I got it, but that still didn’t ease my worry.
“So, where do we find this dress that will end up in a pile on the floor?” This time, the smile spread across her face. After all of this was said and done, I’d put twenty on her going to law school. The way she could convince people to see things her way was astonishing.
***
“Where to Lacie?” Abram asked. Since I’d been here, he’d never spoken directly to me. He would speak to everyone but me it seemed. No idea why, but I didn’t probe. Most of the Guardians disliked me, but they’d at least nod or go over things with me when it came to protecting Lacie. But with Abram, nothing, not so much as a nod or peep my way. The most reaction I’d ever got out of him was the deliberate rolling of his hazel eyes. If he always didn’t look so angry, I’d say he might be attractive. He stood about six feet and had the body of an Olympic swimmer. He had long, lean, and muscular limbs, but he wasn’t overly bulky. His hazel eyes complimented his short, honey brown hair that never looked combed.
“Mall of Georgia,” I answered to annoy him. Lacie rolled her eyes. Abram gave me a death stare through the rearview mirror and kept the car in park.
“Mall of Georgia,” Lacie answered, and we finally moved. Luckily, the mall was only twenty minutes away, so the awkward silence wasn’t that bad.
“They have valet parking if you want to join us,” I said to Abram, knowing his answer. Lacie hit me in shoulder as we got out of the car. Trevor didn’t accompany us in the car, but he sat, waiting, on the benches outside when we got to the mall.
“How was the drive?” he asked
“Invigorating. Couldn’t get that Abram to shut up.”
“Really?”
“No, the Guardian refused to talk to me. I mean, I know all of your people hate me, but his runs real deep.”
“His sister was killed by a Demon and Reaper working together. So he won’t probably ever talk to you. He thinks you’re bad for Lacie, but he insisted, even though he disagreed with you being here, that he always be assigned to her as well. He almost never leaves her side, which is rare for someone who isn’t a head Guardian. I think Lacie reminds him of his sister. He once told me Lacie looked like her.”
“Ah, well that explains it.”
“Yeah, she was an Angel too.”
“Really? Then how is he a Guardian?”
“His mother is an Angel, and his dad a Guardian. So, he got one half while his sister got the other.”
“Well, we better get going or she’s going to disappear” I said to Trevor as I looked ahead of us to where Lacie had already opened the mall doors.
“You’re right, and at a mall this big, she actually could get lost.” This was the biggest mall I’d ever seen. It had three stories, about every store you could possibly think of, plus a movie theatre. Its size was the reason Lacie said we had to come here, as it would offer the best selection.
“Plus, people are looking at you strangely.” He pointed behind me. Sure enough, some kids were laughing at me. I shook it off. Who cares if people thought I was crazy? As long as
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