EVREN: Enter the Dragonette by Marian Tee Read Free Book Online Page B

comebacks he was so dazzled with.  “I won’t ask you two where you’re going and why you need to be invisible but just promise me you’ll take care.  Understood?”
    Dyvian and I became the recipients of Lucian’s sharp looks—the message of which totally passed us by.  I gave him a cheery salute.  “Yes, sir!”
    Lucian let out a chagrined grunt.  “A simple yes would suffice, Deli.”
    I was finally done with breakfast, and I pushed it away with a little sigh of victory.  Eating was hard work.  I turned to Lucian and caught him staring at me.  He looked away immediately, of course, but it was too late.
    “I’m going out to check on my rocks.  You follow when you’re ready, Deli.”  Dyvian got up from his chair, utterly oblivious to Lucian’s sudden uneasiness, and left the dining room.
    “You can go now,” Lucian reminded me without meeting my eyes.  He was finding the ceiling a suddenly fascinating sight.
    Oh, my God.  Could it be possible?  Could someone like Lucian have a crush on me the way I was so crushing on him?
    I thought about it.
    Well, it wouldn’t hurt to dream, would it?
    “Lucian.”
    It took him a long time to look at me.  The mask of impassiveness had settled back on his face.  “Yes?”
    I smiled at him and teased, “I’m going to miss you.”
    His eyebrow lifted just the tiniest bit.
    I wasn’t done.  I tiptoed to his side and surprised him with a kiss on his cheek, Lucian’s whole body freezing as my lips touched his skin.  “I’m sure you’ll miss me, too,” I told him with a mischievous smile before straightening and skipping out of the room with the silliest smile on my face.
    Could he have a crush on me?  The idea teased my mind the whole time Dyvian and I flew into town, invisible to human eye.  We were moving at remarkable speed, but I was certain he could have gone so much faster if I hadn’t been with him.  Beside me, he whispered, “What are you thinking?”
    “Nothing.”  Talking while flying at the same time wasn’t something I was used to, and I felt myself dropping in unimaginable speed.  Horrified, I materialized into view, hissing, “ Dyvian .”
    Dyvian caught me before I could scream some more.  “Concentrate on keeping yourself light,” he commanded and I gave a general smile in his direction since he was still invisible.
    His grip on my wrist tightened.  “Go back to being invisible.  But we’ll fly together for now, just to be safe.”
    “Good idea.”
    After a while, he squeezed my wrist.  “Tell me what you were thinking about, really.  I can feel you hiding something.”
    I stayed silent, smart enough not to fall for that conversational trap.  I studied the huge three-story granite building ahead of us.  For a small town like Sanger, its school certainly looked fancy with its huge expanses of tinted ceiling-to-floor windows and a rooftop glasshouse.  “That’s it, right?  The building to our right?”
    “Yup.”  Dyvian and I slowly glided down, making sure our feet didn’t cause any ripples as we touched ground.
    I dragged him with me toward the glass doors.  “Come on,” I urged excitedly, “I want to see how things are inside.”  We waited for a tall, sandy-haired guy to open the door and slipped inside with him.
    Two-tiered lockers lined the empty entrance hall between doors with nameplates identifying them as several offices of the school’s administration.
    I walked back and climbed the stairs on the left side of the hallway.  Beside me, Dyvian observed our surroundings in silence.  That got me curious.  “Where did you go to school?”
    Dyvian hesitated then said, “Eton.”
    I gasped.  “Are you serious?  That’s Prince William’s school, right?”
    Dyvian shrugged.  “It seemed to be the only option back in those days.”
    I considered his words with a frown.  “The only option?  What do you—”
    “Check out the classrooms, Deli,” he interrupted heartily as he opened the