I joined him. “Christian?”
He turned around and forced a smile. “Happy graduation!”
“Right. What are you doing out here?”
“Just thinking.”
“What about?”
Christian nodded his head back toward the house. “You ready for Lucent?”
“I guess. I still wish it were you taking us. The old guy is creeping me out."
“He’s not that bad.”
“He carries a hanky.”
Christian smiled but couldn’t laugh.
“So where are you headed?” I asked.
“Not sure yet. They’ll probably send me back to Oregon to train younger guardians again. I doubt I’ll get another ward assigned to me for a while after the way I screwed up.”
“Screwed up? You saved my life. More than a few times, if I remember correctly.”
He was silent for a moment. “Your escort's probably waiting for you, huh?”
“He can wait.” I didn’t want our g
