The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 34

KAEL.

She began eating without inviting me to join her, which should be expected as she was still mad at me. But I didn't mind. I had no appetite to eat. So I stayed back, leaning against the wall and watching her eat in silence. "How did you find out I'm here?" She asked after a while.

"Rasmus told me."

Her head snapped to look at me, and at the same time, I realized something. "Fuck! Are you done eating? We need to go." I told her.

She nodded her head and didn't complain. She came to the same realization-that this must be a trap, and we were both in danger.

Adessa drank the soft drink up to the last drop without using any straw before putting the fries and the burgers back inside the brown bag. "Can we take the food? I don't want to throw it."

"Yes," I responded while peering out the window.

"You have a car, right?"

"Yes, but it's Rasmus' car. We'll take a cab."

"Okay, okay. I'm ready." She stood, holding the paper bags in one hand and the backpack in the other.

"No. No, not the same clothes. We might need to walk a while to find a cab, and the men running after you will surely remember those clothes."

"Right. I'll change into something." She dropped the bag on the bed and unzipped it.

"Dress, Adessa. If they see you in a dress, they wouldn't think you're someone hiding your identity, so they won't focus on you." I tried to speak as fast as I could.

would run to the

away, but I couldn't stop staring and swallowing.

turn around if this makes you uncomfortable." She said

say that. "I won't. I'm sure I've seen that numerous times over

birthmark and mole I have." She said it nonchalantly, but I saw how her eyes rolled at me while she

then walked and stopped before me, turning around and asking me to zip up her dress. If we were not running out of time, I would take my time doing it, as I wanted to run my fingers on her back but I needed to hurry up. "Done." "Thank you," she said while shoving her pants and shirt inside

a loss for words. In all my encounters with Adessa, she wore pants and a shirt or blouse. I had never seen her in a dress until

them because I

looks good on

red tint crept across her cheeks. She

in handy tonight." She spoke as she slipped on her white sneakers. "I'm ready. But how about you? I'm

She nodded.

you got everything you

it's prepared as I was about to leave this place by

from her, slipping the pack of condoms that I was holding in

her to object, but just

that were sitting on the bed and opened the door

a surprised expression. I saw the

It

was not easily rattled or terrified, but the idea that Rasmus might set up a trap for us by telling me where she was made me worried. I had no idea who to trust anymore. And the fact that his

next bus was scheduled to stop here in less than five minutes,

were just

and her clutch on my hand tighten. Iwas about to ask her when my eyes caught sight of two males walking on the other side of the street. A few more

move, or they might