Enchanter's Echo by Anise Rae

Author:Anise Rae [Rae, Anise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Revving the engine with his vibes, Edmund sped out of the junkyard and turned on to Front Street. The Drainpipe slept as he shot down empty streets, quiet except for a stray cat’s hunting vibes.

“I’ve missed this,” she said with a sigh, rubbing her hands over the leather of the seats and the shiny wooden dashboard. Her delicate hands traveled over the surfaces with a lover’s touch. He didn’t want to look away.

“You’ve ridden in a Donninger?”

“I used to own one, but the Nobles wouldn’t let me take it with me.”

A thrill shot through him that she was sharing her past. “They must have paid you extraordinarily well or was the car part of your salary?”

She smiled, a hint of pride in her eyes. “Neither. I used to work in Donninger’s lab. I learned so much from that man. Then again, I think I taught him just as much. After every model came out of the lab, I got to test drive them. Most of the cars have a lot of my ideas in them. Poor man. Stuck in Noble. Did you know he was originally from Bradford Territory?”

He studied her. “So Donninger was the amazing, smart, kind, charming, hardworking man in Noble who kept you occupied.” This was what love had done to him. It tied him tight to a woman who kept secrets and freed her truths one at a time. He studied her, determined to discover all her secrets, to lay bare her every nook and niche.

“You remembered all that?”

“When it comes to you, my mind is too greedy to forget.” He headed north. Judging from the pain, this was the right direction. They’d head to the fissure first, and then they’d deal with the elephants. “Can you sense it?” he asked.

“I assume you mean the fissure and not your mind.” She shook her head. “No, but from the High Councilor’s talk, maybe it’s with the elephants at the zoo.”

From the ache, it was possible. They fell silent as he drove them past Livingston and out of the Pipe. Again, the pain ratcheted up. Tracking fissures had become his least favorite activity, but at least this time he had Aurora by his side. He glanced over at her.

She leaned her head against the seat, twisting toward him, eyes soft. “We’re off to save the city together this time. If we had capes and purple boots, we’d be like Mageman and Vibe Girl,” she said with a sleepy smile. “Saviors of the city,” she quoted.

Good goddess. He’d already thought she was perfect. “You read comic books.” He might have howled at the moon if not for the clouds.

“I’d like to see you in purple boots,” she said. Her eyes shined, a teasing sparkle in their depths.

Just like that, contentment settled back into his soul despite the fact they were tracking down an evil that had the potential to destroy his land. “I’d look dashing and handsome in purple boots.”

“Naturally. The kingdom’s prince could be nothing less. Although, I’d rather be Energy Woman than Vibe Girl.

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