The Run

Chase

She stopped just as we were heading out the door. “Hang on a sec. I just have to do something real quick.”, she said.

“Everything ok?”, I asked.

“Yeah. Everything’s fine.”, she said as she headed toward her rooms.

I stood by the back door waiting for her when I smelled the sickly sweet odor of flowers. I turned around to find Harper standing there, just a little too close for my liking.

“What?”, I demanded, annoyed at yet another interruption.

“Listen, I realize I may have been a little…overbearing earlier.”, she began.

I scoffed, a scowl in her direction earning me the satisfaction of seeing her shrink back, if only for a second. I could feel Havoc peeking through in anger.

“What do you want, Harper?”, I asked, my patience growing shorter the longer she was in my presence.

“I was just going to say sorry to your little friend, Chase.”

I looked at her, pushing my aura out, just a little.

“I mean, Your Royal Highness.”, she corrected herself, though it sounded as though she was fo