The Immortal Mark: The Complete Series by Amy Sparling

Author:Amy Sparling
Language: eng
Format: epub

Fourteen

Theo and I spend the rest of the day together. After our picnic lunch, we head back to the car and drive an hour away, only stopping when we find an outdoor outlet mall. The whole place is set up to be enjoyed outside. It’s built on a manmade Riverwalk, and there’s water taxis (which are just boats) that take you down from store to store. Theo and I spend the day as tourists, hands interlocked while we browse the shops, eat snow cones, and pretend to be normal people doing normal things. I need these bits of normalcy to cling to each day, because every new bit of information I learn from Theo makes me long for my old life, where things were black and white and magic stones didn’t exist.

It's six in the evening by the time I realize I haven’t heard from Riley all day. I send her a text, but she doesn’t reply. Theo tells me I worry too much because Riley is pretty strong and can handle herself, but I ask if we can go home anyway.

“Of course,” Theo says, squeezing my hand. We’ve reached the end of the strip of stores at this enchanting outdoor mall, and it only makes sense that we head home now.

Ever since we left the park, we haven’t talked about the clans or the mission or the fact that this bracelet is still on my wrist, sucking the life from me. As much as I care for Theo, it feels like my relationship with him consists of talking about terrible things I never knew, and then pretending things are fine.

Something has to change soon, because I can’t keep living like this.

As soon as we drive up to the gates at the beginning of the property, it’s obvious something is going on. It’s dusk, and the sun is orange-red in the horizon, but the house is lit up. Every spotlight in the yard is turned on, loud music thumps through the night, and the driveway is filled with limos and town cars.

“What the hell is this?” I ask as Theo navigates around the limousines toward the garage.

“Just another party, I’d say.”

“Does this happen a lot?” I gaze out the window while a chauffeur opens the door for a leggy woman in a golden mini-dress.

“More often than I prefer,” Theo says with a sarcastic snort. “Alexo loves parties.”

The music is louder this close to the house. I send Riley another text, this time asking where she is. If it were me left alone today, I’d probably be hiding out in my room while this party rages on, but knowing Riley, she’s probably in the thick of it, having the time of her life.

“Can we just sneak up to my room?” I ask while we’re still safely hidden in the garage from the crowd outside. Theo frowns and clicks the lock button on the Camaro’s key fob.

“I’m afraid not, love. We should at least make an appearance first.”

I heave a sigh, even though I knew he’d probably say that.

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