Set'em Up by A N G Reynolds

Author:A N G Reynolds [Reynolds, A N G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780960020713
Publisher: A.N.G. Reynolds
Published: 2018-12-15T08:00:00+00:00

Ten

In the end we did make it to Jones’ for celebratory grilled cheese when it opened the next day. Of course, we couldn’t really discuss with either Leopold or Ylva exactly what we were celebrating, given the fact that it involved coming out under the thumb of a ruthless tyrant of the underground illegal fighting community, so we kept our outward cheering down to a minimum and our glasses filled with just water.

“You ladies look cheerful tonight.” Leopold said after working his way across the somewhat packed dance floor to visit us, the only two people at the bar.

“We have officially restocked the ship and can now continue with our skiptracing.” Ariadne said, raising her glass in a mock toast.

“Ah, well, that calls for a celebration! Have you ladies ever been up to Johanna’s Park at this time of night? They usually have live bands. I would be happy to take you, if you have a few hours to spare,” Leopold said smoothly and with a toothy grin. I felt honored to be included, but definitely not about to spoil this perfectly lovely idea for a first date of the most perfect couple this modern era had ever seen.

“Oh, I think I’ll stay here for now,” I said politely, nudging Ariadne gently. “But you two should definitely go enjoy yourselves.”

For a second, Ariadne and Leopold just looked at each other, blushing, as if they’d just realized their buffer was gone. Suddenly it was just the two of them, actually going somewhere together without either me or Ylva lurking in the background. For a second I was afraid that I’d made my exit too quickly and neither of them was actually ready to communicate one-on-one. But Leopold finally grinned and ducked his head a little and shrugged. Ariadne mirrored him, batting her big eyelashes.

They were so stinking cute.

“Sure,” Ariadne finally managed to croak out.

“Do you have everything under control here, Miss Ylva?” Leopold asked, turning to the barkeep, who nodded vigorously and with a smile.

“Then let us depart,” Leopold said, offering his hand to Ariadne. The princess flashed me one quick look before taking the offered hand and following Leopold out of Jones’.

Ylva and I waited a full minute after they’d left before bursting out into good-natured laughter.

• • •

I lurked around Jones’ without anything to do for a few hours, chatting with Ylva and eating a healthy portion of the massive lavender ice cream sundae I’d ordered. After a while, however, I decided that Leopold and Ariadne would still be out for a long time and I could get a head start on tracking down Ottoman Lee. My advertisement hadn’t produced any noticeable results, although a few people came with tips that he’d been seen around some very poor parts of the colony under a different name. Overall, though, I took the reports with a grain of salt as they tended to argue over what tattoo the man actually had. Some said he had a ‘lover’ tattoo and some said it was ‘loser,’ although they did all agree that it was on the face.

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