I would love to say that I had time to take a look at the man Terrence thought was Ares, but I couldn’t see anything past the people swarming to get the first pictures of the car.
“Ok,” I coached one last time. “Remember what I told you. Smile. Tell the press short, quick answers. Stand as still as possible for the pictures. And then we’ll get inside.”
Jonah grumbled something under his breath that I didn’t catch when one of the security personnel opened the door he was closest to. I watched as he got out, then the others. Jonah leaned back in to take my hand and help me out. I grinned the moment I stood. The red carpet was a circus. They always were. But somehow, I knew how to control them.
No matter what dark forces lingered in the background.
“Eva!”
“Sibyl!”
The crowds started to
