“What are you reading about?” Genevieve asks, appearing right behind me.
“Uhm, nothing.” I answer, closing the book and putting it back where I found it.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, don’t worry about it Ms. Control Freak.” The words came out much ruder than they were supposed to. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.” I apologize instantly.
“It’s okay, don't worry.” She says, holding a beautiful crystal in her hand. “I would like to get this for Esme, so I can give it to her when she comes back.” The crystal in her hand is a beautiful amethyst.
“Where did you find it? That’s so pretty, is it really for sale?”
“Yes it is, it was on the table with all the others.”
“So it isn’t for decoration then?”
“Oh my goddess, no, Ector, it’s not.”
“Okay, okay. Sorry, sweetheart.”
“Stop calling me that.”
I won’t stop calling her that.
“Do you want something else or just that one?” I ask, pointing at her hand.
“No, only this one.”
“Give it to me.”
“What?”
“So I can pay.”
“No, Ector...”
“Give it. To me. So I can pay.” I say, making it even clearer than before.
She gives up on arguing and hands me the crystal carefully.
I head towards the dark wooden desk so I can pay. I want to buy it for her, I want to buyeverythingfor her.
“Hi!” The witch behind the desk greets me.
She looks young, she must be around twenty-five, just about my age. Her hair is straight and as dark as obsidian. She has frosted, twilight blue eyes, reminding me of my mother’s. Her dress is as wine red as a dragon’s heart, draped in magical golden details.
“Hi, just this one amethyst for the girl back there.” I say, unable to focus on anything else than her eyes.
“What a handsome young gentleman you have grown up to be,” she says with an insecure voice. Her gaze immediately shifts to the girl behind me.
What an odd thing to say?
When she sees Genevieve, she catches her breath for just a second, her face turning pale.
“Are you okay?” I ask her.
“Y... yes. Two golden coins please.”
Reaching for two golden coins in my pocket, I hand them over to her, “Here you go.”
