Keeping A Promise

We took the lift up to the surface of Central Control, then borrowed a transport to go down into the city. Aside from the night watch, we didn't tell anyone where we were going, or why. The city still lay mostly in ruins, but with the slow restoration of electricity, it was coming back to life. After so many long years of unrelenting, hellish heat, the people here spent most of their waking hours in the cool evenings into the wee hour of the morning.

We walked a few blocks until Mirele found what she was looking for. I stared in surprise. "A chapel?"

She turned to face me, taking my hands. "Yes. You made me a promise. Are you ready to keep it?"

I smiled. "I keep my promises, so... yes. And we're already in formal clothes, so I guess... uh, you know your dad is going to give us hell when he finds out?"