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.

her bag. I thought she would run to the small toilet to

couldn't stop staring and swallowing. She had a perfectly toned stomach and

you uncomfortable." She said as she continued

her to say that. "I won't. I'm sure I've

slept naked at night. So you've seen every birthmark and mole I have." She said it nonchalantly, but I saw how her eyes rolled at me while she

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 her bag. She then pulled out

Adessa, she wore pants and a

I love

good

I felt it was genuine as a red tint crept across

them thoroughly. I didn't know it would come in handy tonight." She spoke as she slipped on her white sneakers. "I'm ready. But how about you? I'm sure they know what you look like."

She nodded.

you got everything you

and it's prepared as

on time before I lost you again." I grabbed the backpack from her, slipping the

with mine. I expected her to object, but just like earlier, she

sitting on the bed and opened the door before we hurried out and down

the reception met us with a surprised expression. I saw the disappointment in his face when I

him and told him we would be back for sure. It was only then that he smiled and moved

road. I 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

next bus was scheduled to stop here in less than five

were just standing

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 seconds, and they would be passing in front

or they