Andi rolled her eyes at how Cynthia contradicted herself. Jace held his arm out for her to grasp. She was hesitant to loop her arm in his, instead she opted to walk next to him. Jace couldn’t help but to tease her. “You too good to hold my arm?”
“No, I never gave you the impression that I liked you the way the other girls do.”
He nodded his head and gave her a winning smile. “You say that now but I’ll make you so in love with me that you will want to touch me every chance that you get.”
She raised her left eyebrow at him wondering where he got all that confidence from. “You certainly have a big head. Shouldn’t you focus your attention on the many women that want you already?”
“If I wanted them, I would be out on a date with them and not you.”
She turned away from him trying to hide the smile creeping onto her face. “I could have sworn I told you before flattery will
She let go of his hand not sure how to react to being talked to like that. If he knew she was the goddess of future fate, what would he do? It was strange though she couldn’t fully see his future or his death. Thinking that she wondered what he could be that would keep her from seeing his future. Andi looked at him, staring hard trying to see if there was any indicator that he was any different than a normal mortal.Jace tilted his head. The way she was gazing at him made him feel warm all over. It was as if she was undressing him with her eyes. “If you want to have a little bedtime fun then maybe the quarter isn’t where we should be.”She snapped out of her musing. “Talking about having sex with me will get you punched.”“You won’t punch me. besides I maybe a gentleman but I will not let anyone but their hands on me unless its intimately.”She had watched enough mortals to know when to switch up and c
Andi stopped in front of a clothing store that was just about to close. The name of the store was Illusion. There were clothing she wanted to try on, fall like colors. She was so absorbed in a red plaid skirt when she heard a voice behind her. “You’d look good in anything.” Turning around she seen Jace was there.He spoke again, “With your beautiful skin tone you would look good in anything.”“Yeah, that’s a lie. I’ll stick with my blacks and purples.”Jace grabbed her hand and pulled her inside the store. The clerk looked up upon hearing the bell ringing. They both could see the annoyance written on her face. Jace quickly gave a winning smile. “We won’t be but ten minutes. Swear.”Andi could see how the woman just melted under his stare. She could have sworn she felt something similar from that gaze but let it go. He then grabbed the red plaid skirt and a soft yellow orange shirt. He
Andi had only been outside for a few minutes before a strange guy walked up placing his arm around her neck. He pulled her away from the store. “How are you doing beautiful?”“Umm why are you …”The guy interrupted her before she could say anything. He spoke in a low voice. “Just play along, please? A group of guys have been following me and I’m honestly a little scared right now. Just please pretend I’m a friend.”Andi could hear the terror in his voice and decided to go along with it. She looked behind her to see a group of suspicious men following them. “I think I see them. I’m sorry that you’re in this situation.”“Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me. My boyfriend was late and I think those guys are homophobic.”Andi wanted to do what she thought was right for him. She hadn’t thought to let Jace know that something had happened and
Her body was hunched over, she relied on a wooden cane that had intricate patterns on it. The woman Andi presumed to be Madame Mirage spoke in a scratchy voice. “Bienvenu mezanmi. You wish to have your fortune told?”Andi made quick work of going to take the woman’s hand. She had hoped her silent plea would reach her ears. “Yes, this guy wants his future revealed to him. I would do it myself but I was out on a date with a friend.”“AH a kindred sister. I felt a pull when I was in the back. Come, come.” She motioned for the man to follow her to the round table with a crystal ball sitting in the center. The three of them could see their reflections in the ball. Andi sat back hoping to reach out to Jace through her phone. Her head was down as she tried to send him a message.When she sat back in her seat the ball started to cloud over as the guy continued to stare into it. Madam Mirage waved her hand around the ball. &ldquo
Andi didn’t like that he laughed at her. She took the bag by her feet and swung it at him. That only made him laugh a deeper and richer laugh. “You’re impossible.” She stormed off ignoring his pleas and the whimpers of Cere.Madame Mirage gave him a once over and left her parting words. “You’ll do well to treat her right. You never know what happens when you anger a goddess of fate.”Jace had a wrinkle gather on his forehead with the way his eyebrows furrowed. “Goddess of fate? Yeah sure, madame I think you may need to take a rest. That beautiful woman is not some ugly old hag.”Madame mirage chuckled and it reached his ears. He hurried to catch up to her again. He wanted to know what that woman was talking about but when he seen Andi all he could think was she couldn’t possibly be some eons old hag that decided his life.Andi was just ahead holding the bag close to her chest. She had a small smi
Jace looked down as he chuckled. He took her hand and kissed the back of it. “I maybe weird through the eyes of a goddess but I assure you I’m quite normal through human eyes.”She shook her head. “No, you’re not normal. I can feel it. I know it. something about you is different. I just haven’t figured it out.”“Then await the day you do figure it out Mon chere.”Andi turned her head away from him. “Should we go and do something else or …?”He tucked his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his heels. “I’m interested in that fortune teller we just left.”“Yeah? I don’t think she was a fortune teller. She seemed I don’t know familiar. It was almost as if I know her.”“If you do then that’s one old broad.”Andi laughed and lightly slapped his arm. “Don’t tell anyone. Seriously. You
Jace wanted to hold onto something anything as they took off. Instead, he just closed his eyes. Minos flapped his glorious wings until they were just above the city. With his coat blending into the night sky, they were free to go wherever they pleased.Andi assumed he had closed his eyes and she spoke to him directly in his ear. “You can open your eyes now.”Jace listened to her and looked around. They were far above the city that even if someone was to see them, they would assume it was nothing. He looked down to see how high they were. His eyes widen and he felt nervous. Andi chuckled at him. “I thought you were this big man on campus but I see you are more mortal than anything abnormal.”He spoke louder to be heard of the flapping of wings. “Well, you would be scared too if you just flew straight into the air and on a Pegasus no less.” He was truly dumbstruck. “You said that they live hidden within the world then how
Andi looked at him with skepticism in her eyes. Jace could see what she wanted to ask him. “I was just wondering.” She raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. “Seriously just wondering.” He felt the overwhelming urge to kiss her to get her mind off what he knew she was thinking, was he something more than a human. “Should we go?” he closed his eyes. Andi stared at him while he had his eyes closed, “yeah sure.” She stood behind him on the tips of her toes to reach where his eyes were. “I’m surprised that you didn’t want to fight me on this. I really didn’t want to have to whistle so that you would be blind folded again.” “No, I guess I wanted to do what my woman said without angering her.” “I haven’t agreed to be your woman.” “Did you kiss me back?” “No? I don’t know.” “You did. You’re my woman. I claimed you out on the street. Didn’t you hear me?” “I thought you were joking.” He shook his head and sta