Page 54 of Kings of Desire
Was that actually the sun!?
‘Ferris...,’ I could barely call for him as I snatched the blanket off the bed and ran straight outside on the balcony. ‘Is this it?’
‘We’re much above the Pitt and the smog level, so yes... That would be the sun.’
‘I... I never saw it before,’ I murmured embarrassed, yet mesmerized at the same time. It was the most stunning thing I have ever seen, warming me with the golden rays and bringing drops of unexpected hope into my soul.
‘The blessing of my royal heritage,’ Ferris muttered as if this was much similar to a curse than a miracle.
‘I didn’t know that you are royal,’ I let out a chuckle, thinking that he was just kidding.
‘Yeah... Blue blood is supposed to run through my veins.
Funny, it was still red the last time that I bled. Though I’m beginning to believe that it may be black by now.’
Oh, he was being serious…
‘I’m pretty sure is it’s as red as mine... But royal, really!?’ It felt strange since less than a month ago I never even thought this kind of luxury existed, and now I’m sleeping in theroyalbed!?
‘My grandfather was the direct descended of a king, but the monarchy is long gone. It’s only politics. Senators and governors now.’
‘So that would have made you king?’
‘A very uncrowned one, but who gives a fuck anyway? Not exactly leadership material from what you could see,’ he grabbed my waist, pulling me against him.
‘That’s not what I see.’
‘You see the lies your imagination wants you to see. The real me is the fucked-up version that you met last night.’ He was backing down again. I had the feeling that I was losing him with the anger building into his every word. But I wasn’t going to let him return to the shadows, not with the sun burning only for the two of us.
There was no chance I would let him chase me away just because he got scared, but I did need to go to the Academy ‘I need to go to EMA,’ I kissed him quickly trying not to get into any polemics that I couldn’t win, at least not with only just a few minutes left on the clock before classes.
At the speed of light, I ran back inside to get my clothes, making sure to remain a little away from the sunlight so as not to show off theperfectstate of my shirt. I knew Ferris understood that I didn’t come from money, but I didn’t want to give him that much authority so as he would realize how bad my financial situation really was.
‘I would like to see you tonight,’ he whispered, coming from behind me as I was fixing a few rebellious strands of my hair.
‘I will do my best to be here, but you do know that I have other commitments.’ The truth was Brax was expecting me to talk about my family- and that was a date that was impossible to cancel.
‘So you mentioned... But we need to discuss you quitting The Pleasure Room.’
‘Can we please talk about it later because I’m going to be late?’
‘You’re not going to be late. Alfred will get someone to drive you to the Academy. Now go, we’ll speak later on the phone.’ I recognized the irritation in his voice, but there was nothing I could do about it. The deal was to sleep in his bed, not for him to own my life.
‘Thank you,’ I murmured, ‘I promise that we will talk about this.’ I kissed him again then ran out the door to find Alfred.
‘A limo for the lady,’ he smiled, showing me outside to find my transportation to the Academy.
‘I was thinking more like a cab,’ I giggled, a little uncomfortable leaving in a limo.
‘The cabs are only if you need to go to the Pit. A limo would draw too much attention there. Here, it’s the other way around.’
Come to think about it, he was right. A limo was a lot more normal here than a cab.
Welcome to the land of the rich. Although my choice of clothes wasn’t agreeing with my transportation.
‘Thank you, Alfred,’ I boarded the car then descended on down the hill to reach EMA.
I almost crawled out of the limo when the door opened, trying to hide behind the driver so that no one would see me.
