My heart pounded, but not from fear this time. Tonight it was from excitement.
It was the first time out of the castle.
Lucian put foot on the gas as the door fully open and zoomed down the driveway. One of the big side gates opened, and he drove like the devil chased us.
The roads were big, and I couldn’t stop staring at the shiny buildings. We passed many restaurants with people sitting outside, and I did a double take at one guy that hovered in the air on top of something that looked like a skateboard.
Lucian stopped at a traffic light that was a hologram, and when the red light changed to green, he darted down the street and zoomed past the cars.
We passed a big shiny building with Mayhem written in big neon letters. A bouncer stood outside. Lucian didn’t stop. He turned right in that street and we drove toward the beach and turned left.
An enormous cue stood next to a building.
“Fuck,” he whispered and drove into a parking area of another place called Longbottoms. It was really busy and there was a huge line forming already.
“What?”
“I’m in disguise. We are going to stand in the queue.”
“It’s fine, really.”
“It can take all night.”
“It’s a night out. I don’t care.”
He laughed, and by a miracle, he found a spot. Lucian parked the car, and we got out.
The building was enormous, but nothing fancy. The first club we passed was more posh.
I pulled down my top that clung around my hips. The one side kept falling down my shoulder, and I just left it. It was probably the way they designed this top.
The jeans hugged my body perfectly and the boots that came up to my calves with a slight heel weren’t a nightmare to walk in.
My balance really improved.
Lucian went with a pair of jeans and a button shirt with a lot of colors and patterns on.
He really looked so different with brown hair touching his shoulders with the baseball cap on that it was hard to see that he was the Prince of Tith.
We stood at the end of the line.
“Why is it so busy tonight?”
“A famous band is playing. They broke up for about five months and tonight they are playing again. It’s probably one of Paegeia’s best bands. The club belongs to a great friend too, but the one around the corner killed him a bit. With this band back, I can only imagine how busy Jimmy is tonight.”
I looked at the logo of the bar again. “I love the name.”
“Yeah, it has something to it, right?”
Definitely.
I looked around. Nobody was staring, which was a relief. I loved this disguise.
We kept moving and I couldn’t help looking for Blake. He hadn’t visited me yet and it still hurt a lot. I missed him and hated how he didn’t keep any of his promises.
We spoke about Mia the rest of the evening. I did not know who my next tutor was going to be, but one thing was for sure, I was busy getting better and better at fighting club.
The group in front of us started talking, and laughter followed. Lucian asked if they were fans of the Shifters and the one girl’s boyfriend put an imaginary gun against his head and pulled the trigger, making us both laugh.
