Lullaby (Fable Saga Book 2)
Kitty insisted on wearing kitten heels for our little excursion. Even though they're pretty low compared to her usu
ugh. At least she's n
t's a blessing that we were able to get into the jeep at the car
on the fridge. Hopefully they'll just carry on without me, and they're
shopping list before we even set foot out of the car. By the time we've found a shady parking in a nearby lot, Kitt
h Kitty is a
o five thousand dollars, and is out in less than five minutes. Within an hour we've visited about twenty stores,
f me. The boutique we're in is called Sable & Sabine, and I've never set foot in it before, on account of t
e's never actually bought anything, because she says that t
ltzed in with her multitude of designer boutique shopping bags and the
hich Felix's granddad squandered – but Felix's dad made it all back and more through some business he started. I never imagined that they were
she asks, holding up a ruffled black velvet dress. "I lik
st?" I ask, already
ssistant. "I'll take it. And that gold one in the wi
t feel right letting Kitty spend money on me. And all these clothes are so sophisticated and showy. I
s as she swipes her American Express Black Card. "I nee
he thought of food, which sen
ou're also hun
oo Doughnut is just up t
pts me. "I want to
s' restaur
et's go ther
checking the time on my phone. "But the Nig
nd invite them too. I haven't seen them in over a week, after
always so dark-hearted and sarcastic. It sounded like she was saying that something specific happene
legendary," I say. "
ays Kitty. "
*
alkboard with today's specials as the coffee machines stir to life within. She looks up as we walk b
eli or café vibe, with sandwiches and scones and cookies – but it's still a lunchtime favorite in the area.
ere, at this table. This exact spot. Probably on this v
im through the menu, even though I alrea
me to my bed, don't think about how close his face was, i
n with you and my b
oddam mind re
ng," I
t me. "I know he's... complicated. If you
cover my now violently red cheeks. Just the fact that anyone, especially F
y. I haven't even kissed a guy. I'm pretty sure that the incident with Felix on my bed the other night and Alastaire's re
r voice says right behin
ferent about him today. His normally loose dark blonde hair is tied up in a man bun, and instead of his usual paint-smudged vest
ed by huge, corny grin, his grey eyes sparkling in a way I've never notic
Portland, are you
fening under his gaze. She narrows her eyes ever s
ells Jade carefully,
"I would have recognized you. Wh
ust li
as she stares at Jade with a h
me?" S
ht?" Jade repeats confiden
Kitty says, lookin
s anything I can do to defuse the awkward sit
nge your mi
ty says, blatantly ignoring h
ooking at Kitty in a way I've never actually seen him look at a girl before. It's the special look he reserves for his art
ty's undeniably stunning. A ten out o
got it," Jade says
running her fingers through her black hair that she's actually nervo
ot and chocolate cake we just took out the oven," he sa
re Kitty can disagree. She's watching him
s that, and just who does
And an amazing painter too actually. He
yes following him across the room as he w
ipes for the cake stand and forcing me to taste t
always like that with girls? Like, asking rand
t know,
t some sort of creep who'll just hit on anything female. Jamie's been throwing h
he?" Kitty a
e," I answ
ver so slightly. "No r
he lik
p on his offer?" I blurt
d firmly on Jade on the other side of t
attraction's clea
and giving advice on stuff I have absolut
gs," Kitty says. "Besi
om The Vampire Diaries or some exquisitely chi
s. Suits. Country club. Not artsy gr
our cappuccinos and a plate with two forks on eithe
ake with vegetables anyway?"
Jade says with a wink, before hea
spiciously, but she takes a bite and
s. "I mean, we'll probably be leaving in less than a week
the activity today took my mind off the painful purple bruise that appeared o
touching it through the
ty asks, her eyes c
e bit,"
ly, a faraway l
wasn't a hologram,
ing my head. "I d
ods. The dreams. The way I found my bike decayed almost beyond recognition a
hing you're not tell
l think I'm crazy as hell if I try explain to her. Not that I even know
good idea where I'