5
Shauna
Philippe and I part before entering the city. He brushes one last kiss across my forehead and then walks through the gates. His stride is long, his arms sweeping along his body, his gaze scanning all around him like he doesn’t have a care in the world.
I wish I could look as nonchalant as him, but inside my heart is reeling. I can feel the cool metal of the ring nestled on my chest, slowly warming next to my heart. We soon found that we weren’t going to be able to do the exploring that we had wanted to do. Upon entering the city Philippe was pulled aside by some of his friends he hadn’t seen since he had gone on the trip for his father, and I found that there were elves patrolling the city, looking for wet teens to send to inns to get cleaned up for the night. Taytra had told m
