Chapter 17
Amber wasn’t in her rooms. I didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye, but I was even more reluctant to give Dorian a chance to leave without me. He’d given me a specific window of time to get ready, and I was pushing the limit.
Telling myself not to worry, I reasoned that a little run would be a good opportunity to let off some steam. I raced up the spiraling stairs of Tower Three, the escalators granting the illusion that I was a much faster runner than I really was.
Finally, I burst onto the Tower’s gravicycle deck.
“I’m here!” I announced needlessly. Heads turned and someone snickered. Dorian held up his hand and the laughter cut off abruptly.
“Did you think we would leave without you?” he smirked.
“Well, yeah, actually. I kinda did.”
“When I say something, I mean
