The Immortal Mark by Amy Sparling

Author:Amy Sparling [Sparling, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-31T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Flying is amazing. Once we’re in the air, it is unlike anything I had imagined it would be. Riley and I gaze out the window, absorbed in our own little world while we slice through clouds and watch the earth get small below us. It is almost beautiful enough to take my mind off the missing member of our group.

Almost.

The guys all keep to themselves up at the front of the plane. They have laptops open and an endless stream of whiskey filling their glasses. Just like Henry had said, we’re left alone for the entire two hour flight.

It’s also pretty clear that the other three new girls don’t want anything to do with us, but they all seem to know each other already. That’s fine with me. Riley has always been my best friend and I don’t care to make room for more.

Although we land at an Austin airport, our driver says we still have another hour to drive into the hill country before we reach our destination. The guys take off in their own car and the five of us new hires share a limo together.

Luckily, there’s a television that drops down from the ceiling. Our driver says he only has the DVD of Pirates of the Caribbean, but we can send him requests for additional movies to keep stocked. I guess he’s our personal driver from now on, by the way he talks. I should probably learn his name.

We all focus our attention on the movie instead of the awkward silence that stretches between us. There’s a clear animosity radiating out from the other three girls, and I’m not sure why. We’re all hired together, so what does it matter? It’s not like we’re still being interviewed, so we’re not in competition with each other.

Riley leans over, resting her head on my shoulder. “Girls are weird,” she whispers.

“Tell me about it,” I whisper back.

Just when the movie starts getting interesting, our driver rolls down the wall that separates him from the back of the limo.

“We’re here,” he says, grinning at us in the rear view mirror. “I think the view looks the best from the road, so you might want to take it all in.”

And damn is he right. Riley and I look out the window toward the left, where a sprawling estate tops the hilly terrain. It seems to go on forever, the ground giving way behind it to reveal a beautiful valley below. There’s a long driveway with a gated entrance. Our driver opens the wrought iron gate with a remote on top of his visor.

Even the snooty other girls in the limo shut up and pay attention as we make the drive toward the estate. I can’t exactly call it a house because that word is too trite for the mansion in front of us. It’s made of white and sand colored stone bricks with a charcoal gray roof. There are three circular peaks lined with little square windows rising above the rest

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