Broken Shadow: A Shadow Series Novella (The Shadow Series Book 1) by Hazel Jacobs

Author:Hazel Jacobs [Jacobs, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ministry of Defence
Published: 2017-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

The red carpet is… interesting.

For one thing, I never realized all of those pictures I see in magazines are the result of a series of corralling movements where celebrities are herded like cats into a line. Blake is sent away—he gives me a reassuring nod as he goes—and then I am pushed into the center of a group of women wearing dresses and hairstyles which makes me feel woefully inadequate even if I am styling Givenchy.

We are given a long spiel I’m too excited to really listen to, and then we are pushed in front of dozens of paparazzi, but they don’t scream out my name and vie for my attention like I’ve seen in the movies. Instead, there is a brief pause as Magnus tells them my name and my handle ‘Social Media Entrepreneur.’

There’s a moment when everyone looks at each other. There’s some whispering, and I feel my cheeks start to get a little bit warm. None of the paparazzi seems interested in taking my picture, and I’m considering trying to slink away and cover my face in shame when someone in the back of the group shouts, “She’s the Ukulele Girl!”

“Oh, yeah!”

“That’s right, I remember…”

“Ukulele Girl, look over here!”

There’s a smattering of interest now, and I want to kiss whoever said that, but I can’t see them and by the time Magnus is ushering me down the line, they’ve taken a decent number of pictures of me, and I’m feeling much more validated.

Behind me, a couple of the women in fancy dresses snigger. I don’t recognize any of them, but that doesn’t mean much. I don’t watch much TV.

Shane probably would have fangirled himself into an early grave if he were here.

At the end of the wall of paparazzi, there are rows and rows of young women holding signs proclaiming their favorite celebrities and pushing each other to get better views. Blake joins me at my elbow moving so quickly I didn’t even realize he was there, until I felt his fingers gently brush against the exposed skin of my arm. Without speaking, he guides me over to the opposite side of the carpet where a bunch of cameramen are waiting. Magnus, who had been reaching for me at the same time, nods approvingly and follows in our wake.

“Natalie Summers,” Magnus tells the cameramen, one by one. A couple of them don’t even acknowledge me, but one man waves his hand, and Magnus directs me over to him.

Blake follows and pulls his arm away so he’s standing out of the shot. I want to pull him back. I don’t like the idea of standing by myself in front of that massive camera, but I take some comfort in the knowledge he is within reach, and I can pull him over if I have to.

“So, is this your first red carpet event?” he asks, shoving a microphone in my face at the same time he operates the camera one-handed.

It takes me a second to realize the interview has started.

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