"I can't believe he's really dead," James murmured.
We were standing together on the docks, staring out into the ocean.
It had been three weeks since the final battle with The Jackal. We were pretty much healed, only a bit sore.
Peter had told us all about how Matthias had escaped with the prisoner.
The same prisoner that had the map to a dangerous mine in his head.
We also had no idea what had happened the missing townspeople.
They could be dead.
Or they could have been kidnapped by The Jackal...
Things were starting to click. But we still didn't have enough information.
It was incredibly frustrating.
I kicked a loose rock into the water. "How are you doing?" I asked. "And what about your mom and sister?"
"My mom's taking it hard...but my sister is actually doing pretty well. She wasn't close to my father. She actually barely saw him, so it's understandable."
I could see the sun starting to set in the far west.
I sighed.
"I just wish we had all the answers, you know?" I asked. "I feel like Matthias is planning something. Something really bad."
"I wonder if he'll be worse than The Jackal," James murmured.
"Who knows?" I rested my head on James' shoulder. "But we'll survive. We always do."
"We do, don't we? Somehow, we do."
"We'll probably have a lot more near scrapes with death."
"Probably."
"And lots of pain..."
"Definitely."
"And mysteries to solve."
"It's a given."
"But we make a good team."
James put an arm around me.
"Of course we do," he said. "And maybe more than that one day."
"James!" I exclaimed, pushing him away playfully.
"What?" he questioned. "Can't a prince dream?"
I smiled and shook my head.
"Normally girls dream of princes. Not princes dream of girls..." I began.
"But we're not normal," he replied. "And I'm okay with that."
"We are definitely not normal."
Just like the stories...
We're not normal people who do normal things.
We're different.
We're warriors.
People who fight for what is right.
Who fight against evil.
Who would one day be written down in history books.
This is,
Lily Rose
Legendary.
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Lily Rose: Legendary
ActionThe Jackal bounded up the staircase, four at a time. I quickly assessed my situation and surroundings. Just as The Jackal reached the top of the stairs, I jumped onto the balcony railing. "Lily!" James screamed. "What are you doing?" I looked behind...
