Find Your Fire - The Angulus Chronicles #1

Chapter Twenty-Four

"Catalina, are you in there?" Lorems muffled voice came from the other side of the bathroom door. I had heard both Oahn and Lorem coming into my chamber just a second ago. I peered into the mirror and finished putting on my red lipstick. I looked-... Hot. Oh my god, I couldn't believe my own reflection. Everything I had hated, my freckles, my curls, it all started to make sense as they blended together in a painting of uniqueness. I twirled around the mirror and eyed the black, tight long dress hugging every curve of my body. A split from my ankle reached all the way up to my thigh, exposing smooth and tan skin. The deep cut-out in the front showed a bit of a cleavage and my hair was shining in the bathroom light. Was this really me?

"C?" Oahn asked through the closed door.

"I'm coming." I yelled back. Shit. I had to come up with a plan. I was all dressed up, ready to visit the town and secretly blend into the night to find some secrets, but I didn't want the two hotties on the other side of my door to tag along. I was yearning for some alone action time but I knew they wouldn't let me go if I asked them.  Besides, Oahn had enough stuff to think about with the whole Shanli incident.

I threw one last glance in the mirror and sighed. There was no way in hell I could talk myself out of this one, so better end these two minutes of being all dressed up with a bang.

I threw open the door and made my grand entrance into the room. Oahn, who was sitting on the sofa next to the four poster bed in my chamber, lifted both his eyebrows in shock and Lorem, who had been leaning against one of the beams, choked on his own spit as they both saw me.

"Holy-..." Oahn breathed.

"... shit." Lorem finished. His eyes roamed over my body and he clutched his hands together.

"What the hell are you planning on doing, C?" Oahn said. "Damn, you look-... hot."

My cheeks heated at the compliment. I flipped my hair over my shoulder and tried to pick my nails casually. "I haven't made any bad decisions lately. I'm getting bored."

Lorem pulled his gaze from my body and looked me in the eye with a death glare. "You were planning on going to a bar. Alone. After curfew."

"And in that dress." Oahn added, but he secretly winked at me behind Lorems back. I bit my lip to keep me from smiling but Lorem still noticed.

"It's not funny, Catalina. Do you even realize how much you'll offend this kingdom if you were found outside after curfew? On your third day here." He threw Oahn a look. "She's crazy. Tell me she's crazy."

"Well-..." Oahn threw me an apologetic glance. "I do agree with him, C. This is just a very stupid idea. Even if you'd just stay at the bar, it'd cause trouble and somehow I don't think you were really planning on getting drunk and drag some poor guy into your bed, were you?"

I strode to the bed and plopped down, sulking. "Can't a girl just have some fun? You two are always having fun or going off on missions and I want to blow off steam as well." I wasn't ready to admit just yet that the actual reason I went out was to find Zamsar on that party and ask him some questions about Miuh's curfew.

Oahn looked at his best friend. "What if-..."

"No." Lorem interrupted. "If she's going, we're coming too." His voice was clipped and angry.

"I don't need two babysitters, jeez. I can help myself you know."

Lorem lifted one of his eyebrows in challenge. "Who said we wanted to babysit." He strode towards me, his steps angry and challenging. He lowered his head and his lips grazed my ear. "You said you wanted to make some bad decisions, right? Cause that dress looks really good on you." He was trying to distract me with his whispery, sexy voice. And it was working.