Chapter 29 - One Month Later
Lincoln and I step up the gravel path to Black Wing Manor. There’s still a ton of fog all around, but now Jaime has placed small lanterns on either side of the walkway, so people won’t fall while approaching front door.
Jaime is thoughtful like that.
I grip the small gift box against my chest. “Do you think this is right?”
Lincoln gives me the side eye. “What, the Elvis T-shirt is too much?”
Now that Lincoln is King of the Thrax, he’s switched out all his Purple Rain tour stuff for Elvis. Tonight he’s wearing low-slung blue jeans and funky black shoes as well as an Viva Las Vegas T-shirt. I’m in black jeans with a ruffled top and heels. Actual heels. It will be a miracle if I get through tonight without snapping a vertebrae.
I tap the gift box. “No, I mea
