Chapter 45
Archer POV:
Today is the day that we meet the great Goliath. When Monk Elijah told us that he has arrived last night and is willing to meet us tonight I was happy and nervous at the same time. Happy to be finally moving forward with our plan and nervous because of the outcome that we will have to face. We don’t skip our morning practice though as every day of practice counts. Dawn is distracted today, and I don’t blame her for that. She has a lot of burden and is certainly feeling the pressure. We have been practicing our moves together for few days now and we complement each other pretty well. I am the attacker, and she is the defense. When we stop to catch a breath I ask her “Are you nervous”
“A little bit” she answers.
“Me too, but we will get past this”
“Let’s see how you can get past her” She says with a sly smile, and I follow her line of vision to find out Madame Lorraine approaching us. Oh no!
“Hello warriors! How are you doing?” Madame Lorraine asks in her haunting voice.
“Good” Dawn says, and I let her do the talking. “We are looking forward to today’s meeting”
“You sound confident. Good. I will see you then at the meeting, Drop that worry from your face Archer you look like you are about to puke on the ground” She says and leaves us.
“You look sick, she is right” Dawn says laughing.
“I am fine! Let’s practice.”
After practicing one more hour we are interrupted by Monk Elijah who informs us that Dawn and I are the only one to meet with him tonight. This doesn’t sit well with me because he might be considering us as the leaders and although I have no problem in stepping up and leading, but we are a cohesive team, and we are supposed to do everything together.
“He is pinpointing us and separating us from the others. It is a tactic to rub everyone on the face that we are the leaders of the gang. What they don’t know is that we don’t have an actual gang. No one among us wants to be a criminal” I confide to Dawn.
“Maybe, but there is another reason” she replies.
“What?”
“You and I both have impressive stories”
“Okay!! What does that mean? Is this something you figured out from your research?” I ask.
“Yes and it is complicated to explain like this. Most of what I concluded is merely my gut feeling”
“Okay got it. Let’s go inform the others and then prepare a game plan.” After informing Krista and asking her to carry the information to others we retire to our room. Sinking on the bed I pull her closer to me “Rest for a while, you are acting very jittery”
“Don’t put your nervousness on me” she protests.
“Whatever is mine is yours too from now on”
“That is deep” she says, and I laugh. “Archer?”
“Yeah?”
“Kiss me” She says picking her head up and looking at me “I just want to forget all these for a few moments.” I hold her cheeks and plant a kiss on her lips. Truthfully, it’s the best way to escape the reality for the moment because it is like having a million-dollar moment at once and nothing can top this feeling. I just want to cradle her close to me and live my life loving her. The kiss deepens and I roll over her to press my body on hers. She grabs my hair from the back, and I start kissing her neck. She moans slightly which makes me kiss her more deeply. We exchange kisses back and forth until we both are out of breath but still not over each other’s touch.