“I’m sorry if I scared you,” he said. “When Tony knocked you off the ledge I just… my mind went blank, I guess. I suppose the phrase ‘animal instinct’ explains it best.”
“Scared me? What do you think scared me?” I asked, taking a step closer. I put my cereal bowl on the counter and watched Miller carefully as he lifted his head up to look at me.
“You haven’t seen me in the daylight like that. Heck, I haven’t seen me in the daylight like that,” he said.
“I know you are keen to get rid of me,” I teased. “But you risked your life for me, hard to see any part of that as a negative regardless of the fact that you had four legs at the time.”
Miller looked at me and I found myself compelled to be the one to close the distance. I stepped forward and wrapped my arms around him. Our mouths found each other, and we kissed in a way that we never had before. I could feel my magic surging in my body, the rush of it tingling in my fingertips. This was a new sensation and it consumed me completely. In that moment, there was nothing in the world that could distract me.
Miller leaned back and I opened my eyes to regard him, my head swimming with possibilities.
“Er… Sadie?” he laughed. He looked down and I realized that we were hovering a few inches off the ground. He brushed a finger behind my ear and lifted up a chunk of hair that was the same shade of blue as the little lightning bolts I always saw on my palms. “Cool dye job, Effie and Kate are gonna love it!”
The magic surge had changed my hair color. Well that’s new.
“I’m sure they will,” I rolled my eyes. I managed to gain enough control over my magic to lower Miller and I back to the ground, then laced my fingers with his. “Now what’s this I hear about a Shell’s Day parade?”
“Oh!” He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a velvet box. He opened it up and inside was a necklace made up of a thin, silver chain with a scallop shell pendant. “This is part of the tradition for Shell’s Day. It wouldn’t be right of me to take you out into the middle of that parade without it,” he smiled.
Miller removed the necklace from the box and indicated that I should turn around so he could fasten it for me. I lifted up my hair to expose my neck and looked down at the shell pendant as it fell against my chest. It was so delicate and beautiful, but the feeling of his breath on my skin was even more wonderful than the gift itself.
“I love it,” I said. “Really goes well with my new blue streak!”
“Shall we?” he smiled, gesturing to the door. I held his hand again and we walked out of the house in the direction of the high street, the upbeat music filled the air, and I could hear cheers and singing. I still had no real idea what to expect from the event but having Miller’s hand in mine was all I could think about.
“Hey, Kate said I have to go to a golf thing next week. What’s she talking about?” I asked.
“Wow has Greta not mentioned that to you already?” he replied. “Let’s just enjoy today, we can worry about the golf tournament later.” Worry?
What was there to worry about?
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