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the change. Maybe he wasn’t comfortable at formal events,
either. Whatever the reason, he was clearly not the man he had been
the other night.
    Kali lowered her head and avoided eye
contact the best she could. If she met his eyes again, she would be
embarrassed enough to burst into flames.
    "Are you afraid?” he asked as the
roller coaster began to climb the first incline.
    "No,” she kept her answer short. Her
hands began to tremble as she looked down at the ground. They were
so high up now. Every second, they were further away from the
ground, and it made her dizzy. Perhaps she had always been afraid
of heights, and just didn't know it.
    Reaching the summit, the roller
coaster plunged down. Kali squeezed her eyes shut. The drop was so
high, she felt like her body was free-falling. She grabbed Lucien's
hand and squeezed it as hard as she could.
    This free-falling feeling was…
familiar to her. She had felt this before, not so long ago. This
was the same exact feeling from her dream, when she’d fallen off
the cliff during the mudslide. She had heard of dreams replicating
reality, but is there such thing as reality copying a
dream?
    When the ride braked to a full stop,
she had the urge to throw up. Her stomach couldn't handle the fast
motion and sudden brake. She quickly unfastened her seat belt,
wobbling toward the exit.
    "It was too intense for you," he said
as he sat down next to her on the park bench. "Are you
alright?"
    “ I'm fine.”
    Lucien handed Kali an ice cream cone
he had bought from the ice cream stall nearby. As she accepted the
treat, she realized she didn't feel so embarrassed about the
situation anymore. She has quickly come to terms that it had only
been an accident. Although she highly doubted that she would ever
feel at ease around him.
     
    †††††
     
    Lucifer sat on a building adjacent to
Chevalier's apartment. He had watched Kali since her return from
the park. There was a stoic expression on his face, making it
impossible to read his emotions. Soren, his servant and shadow, was
suspicious of his master’s true intentions. 
    "Humans are such simple creatures,"
Lucifer commented wryly. "They will do exactly what you want them
to do, without so much a clue that they are being
manipulated.”
    Soren agreed. "Then why are you
wasting your time with them?"
    "And why not, when they are so
entertaining?” his eyes haven't left the girl. "An eternity is such
a long time to be subjected to boredom.”
    "If that is what you wish,” Soren
bowed his head obediently, quieting his objections.
     
    †††††
     
    Chevalier returned home late. Throwing
his jacket on the sofa, he headed toward the bedroom. Kali was
already asleep, and she looked so peaceful he didn't want to wake
her up. He wanted to ask her about the man she had been with at the
park today, but that could wait until tomorrow. At least he thought
it could wait until tomorrow.
    Chevalier traced the outline of her
lips with the tip of his finger…her full and pretty lips. Her long
and dark lashes were pressed against her coral cheeks.
    He held a lock of her hair in his hand
and gently kissed it. He quietly lied down on the bed and gathered
her tiny body into his arms. Her breathing was warm and soft
against his neck.
    “ If only you would hurry
and grow up,” he whispered into her ear. "If not, I wouldn't mind
if you would stay like this forever.”
    "Chevalier?” she said
sleepily.
    "Yes," he replied.
    "Could you close the door? The light
from the hallway woke me up.”
    "You don't mind me staying here for
the night?” he asked, since she hadn’t shoved him out the door
yet.
    "That reminds me," she yawned, "get
out of my room, while you're at it.”
    "So..,” he deducted, "if I had not
reminded you, you would have let me stay?"
    "Probably, I don't know, let me
sleep.”
    "Kali, have you ever once seen me as a
man?"
    "Tomorrow, Chevalier," she sunk her
face deeper into the pillow.
    "Don't change the subject," he rolled
her