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"So, someone doesn't have to come all the way back here e're ready for hi no one would catch on to how inexperienced at leading I was
"I can just call hied and took a step forward
"Really? How?" I was in aondering if this was another I
"With a cell phone" Gabriel said obviously, looking at ht a cell phone," I couldn't mask the confusion from my face, I looked at Jericho with a mixture of embarrassment and relief Immortals felt so archaic to me, with their ancient citadels and closed off culture, but in reality they blended in with the rest of huy like anyone would expect Their universal wealth and affluence allowed the about Silas, hiding out in the remote parts of the Andes Mountains, didn't scream tech-savvy to me
"You do knohat a cell phone is, don't you?" Gabriel questioned, sounding a little concerned
Jericho burst into laughter, unable to contain hih that made him double over and cry at the sa fros for far too long
"No, I mean, yes I uys operate in torlds," I fu with Jericho but not finding it that funny
"I don't understand," Garbiel stated plainly
"You don't have to," Jericho spoke up, finding his composure "Just know, that Eden was raised human," he smiled fro; I was reminded of who Jericho was before the hell ere forced into
"But, I thought, doesn't every hu to make sense of me
"That's beside the point," I muoing to get to Paris? I have plenty of uess I don't know the best airline to take"
"The best airline? The best airline is Air Gabriel of course," Gabriel grinned aton "We'll take my plane, it will be easier"
"Sure, why not," I said, still s from the cell phone debacle "Am I the only Immortal that doesn't own a private plane?" I asked sarcastically as alked out of the church, leaving the still sanctuary behind us and following Gabriel through the crowded streets of Uruba et separated
"Probably," I heard Gabriel oing to befor the ride
Chapter Nine
I stepped out of the tiny airplane, thankful to be alive I was sure that Gabriel's private plane would resethat putted its way across the Atlantic Ocean, only kept alive by ic and a ridiculous amount of prayer fro, before stepping down from the rope latter Gabriel lowered for me I looked around and breathed in the fresh French countryside It was dusk, the sun was setting low in the West and the air was cool and crisp
I wasn't exactly sure where ere, but Gabriel promised ould be safe once we landed I wondered if there were places we could land that would make us not safe, but I keptride fro engine, or lose focus and forget to reinforce Gabriel'sthe antique, tiny plane in the air
The ground was hard underneatharound in what felt like a metal coffin over a depthless black ocean beneath us I reached out for the belly of the plane to steady myself, while my equilibrium adjusted to solid concrete
"Where are we?" I asked with a croaky voice and frayed nerves
"Saint-Louis," Gabriel answered, while checking his little-engine-that-could over inside and out
"We're close to Switzerland and Germany here and a few hours fro down fro atout at the rolling fare, pink and soft shades of purple on the horizon, sending fields of drooping sunflowers to sleep, and bathing the golden petals in soft light "It's not the right season for sunflowers It ainst Jericho He stood still, letting ainst him while aited for Gabriel to finish his inspection of the plane and push it, with the help of his ic, into a white barn with a wide door
Jericho helped Gabriel shut the large double doors, pushing the theether and then spun around on one heel, walking with purpose passed me and towards a dark house several yards away
Jericho and I followed behind quietly Maybe it was Gabriel's earlier co in, but I couldn't shake the feeling that here in France, ere in enemy territory My blood prickled hot with the quick bursts of lightning, re me that I could not be as bold as I wanted I had to be ss slowly if I wanted to accoht, but not accouilty