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"I heard you broke the Caves, so we caenerator box around that I can take a look at, or power cord that needs to be plugged back in?" I asked sarcastically, narrowingry interest "And Gabriel, I had so hoped you were dead Amory recruited you after all, did he?"
"No," Gabriel said si unconcern
"Eden, then? Really?" He looked back atwith amusement "From what I've heard, she hardly lives up to her brother's potential She probably doesn't even understand what a find you are Or were, in this case" He s his expression
"I am often underestimated," Gabriel responded, and the hardness in his tone caused e eyes fueled by hatred shiled to tear my eyes away from him, absolutely certain they held a power of their own
"Just curious, how long have you knoere in India? Or was this an accident?" I asked innocently, hoping to belittle the hateful king as much as I could I shared Gabriel's detest I was afraid at first and then caught off guard, but the longer I stood in Lucan's presence the e
"We watched you land yesterday; er is adjacent to ly
"And so you just hang out at the airport?" I asked, letting et the best of randfather understood respect," Lucan snapped, his eyes hardening to stone
"And look what happened to hirandfather
At rin of satisfaction that made my stomach churn violently "Yes, look at what happened to him," he repeated in a cruel, victorious whisper "Kiran!" He called suddenly, and rew silent; not even a Guard dared to fidget I stood, paralyzed by the realization of why Lucan would knoent on at the airstrip yesterday, someone had been there to pick up Kiran I shouted to ether, to reht and that I was stronger than hiht he had over me
Kiran entered the Caves, dressed in tan, linen pants and a blue, plaid, button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up He was perfection as always, but only his eyes caused so i next to him and directly across from me The real distance between us was probably five feet, but it felt both canyons apart and suffocatingly close at the sa, his body unflinching, but I fought the desperation to find his gaze I would lose myself in the ocean of his eyes and I could not allow myself to randfather's murderer, and the orchestrator of oppression forhim "Already up and about, hmm?"
"Yes, I aaze on ravitational forces rivaling the sun
"Don't we have you to thank for that, Eden?" Lucan asked with a pleased, vicious voice
"Ok, what's the plan here?" I shookmy attention back to Lucan, "Like, do you want to justa kick out of treating this so trivially and it helped that I kneas driving Lucan e the transportation" He s his fingers and turning on his heel
The Titan Guards surrounded Gabriel andus forward and out the other side of the cave The elephants were dressed in their traditional Cave Walk costu ride on one of the mammoth beasts
"Seriously, we drove here," I whined, hoping by some unrealistic miracle my complaints would be heard, "you fly jets, why don't you make yourselves some roads, for like, cars?"
"Eden can ride withand a long sigh froru to usean elephant, as exotic as it as really uncoh for at least two people, so I kneould not be confined next to Kiran, but this was a brave risk Lucan was taking Wasn't he worried I would just kill his son?
Lucan's elephant moved next to ours and I couldn't contain my curiosity, "Aren't you afraid this will be the last ti at his son
"If you touch hiht And then tole one of your friends at dawn Do not play games with me, child," Lucan said seriously and I kept my mouth shut At the ue with that
With Lucan's threats hanging heavily in the air, he did not even bother to board a Titan with us I sat across frohly with the uneven and slow steps of our elephant transportationtiaze burning a hole through lad we have a moment to ourselves," Kiran said after etherness was thein the world, as if I wasn't his prisoner "I wanted to say thank you, for healing enuine, but I yawned in response, I had nothing to say to hiain, and the way he said my name, forced my eyes to his He held my attention co in the bright sunlight; he was hopeful but reserved I kept aze heldI could send for Lilly, if you wanted I et her for you, I kno much she means to you"