Eternal Fire by C. J. Vincent

Author:C. J. Vincent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FireHive Media

Chapter 7 ~ Marco

“What the fuck is going on?” I said aloud as Theo walked away from me up the hill towards the entrance to the site. I sat down hard on a boulder that acted as a marker for one of the tour bus parking lots.

“Are you lost?” A feminine voice cut through my furious thoughts and I looked up to see an auburn-haired woman wearing a bright blue dress patterned with white doves.

“No?” I replied. “I know where I am. I’m just not sure I want to be here.”

The woman smiled and adjusted her sunhat. “Well that is a conundrum,” she said brightly. “Did you and your friend have an argument? I don’t mean to pry, but I was out for a walk and overheard the two of you.”

“You did?” I asked. Embarrassment crept up the back of my neck. I’d been shouting like an asshole in the early hours of the morning in a mostly residential neighborhood. Hopefully she was the only one who’d heard me. “I’m sorry if I ruined your morning…”

“No, no,” she said quickly. “Not at all. I was awake anyway. I like to get things done before the heat of the day sets in.” She set her hands on her hips and looked down at me with a perfectly arched eyebrow. “Are you all right?”

“Not really,” I sighed.

“I’m sure we can fix that,” the woman said. “Walk with me, I’m a good listener.”

“I’m not really in the mood to talk,” I said. “I’ve met a few too many strangers in the last few days and I think I’ve had my fill.”

The woman nodded. “Familiar faces are always best, I think. But since there aren’t any around, will you walk with me? We don’t have to talk if you don’t want to.”

I looked around, confused that this woman would be out here in the first place. “You’re not really dressed for walking,” I said skeptically. The woman looked down at her full skirted dress, blue heels, and stockings. She was a walking pinup who had no business being in the middle of a dusty Greek road before dawn.

“You’d be surprised how far I can walk in these things,” she said with a smile. “Come on, don’t make a lady walk by herself.”

With a shrug I did as I was told, and we walked together up the road toward the entrance to the palace site.

“Do you have any family?” she asked suddenly.

“I thought I didn’t have to talk if I didn’t want to,” I said warily.

The woman laughed, a full, tinkling sound that sent a delicious shiver up my spine. “You don’t have to answer, but I can’t stand silence,” she said with a wide smile. “I have a very large family,” she continued. “Brothers, sisters, and everything in between. We don’t always get along, in fact, we’ve been fighting more than usual it seems. You know those long, drawn out fights that never seem to end and then by the time you get to

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