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“That won’t be a problem,” I say. “All the clothes here in my size are beige and brown and nondescript.”
“They’re that way for a reason, Savannah,” Falcon says.
“They sound perfect. What kind of car do you have available?”
“In the underground garage are two cars,” Falcon says. “Both electric, and both fully charged. A silver Nissan Leaf, and a navy blue Tesla S.”
“Take the Leaf,” Leif says. “It will look less assuming.”
“That’s what I was thinking, too,” Falcon agrees.
“And I don’t have to tell you.” His voice adopts a dark edge. “You know what to do.”
I nod. “We’ll be there.”
Falcon ends the call.
I run my hands through my hair. I can’t help smiling. “I’m going to see my brother,” I say. “I can’t believe it.”
Falcon’s face is noncommittal. “We need to go down to the bunker, find you a holster, and get you armed.”
“I have to be armed?”
“When Leif said, ‘you know what to do,’ that’s code between him and me. It means we come armed.”
“Why would I need to come armed to see my brother?”
“Savannah, your brother’s been gone a long time.” He lays a hand on my shoulder. “Do I think he’s a threat to either one of us? No, I don’t. But we can’t take any chances. Besides, if something happens, and we don’t make it to the meeting point, we need to be ready for anything.”
I bite my lower lip. Then I nod. “I understand.”
The drive is about thirty minutes long, and I look behind and beside me everywhere I can the entire time while shielding my eyes from the sun. Staying inside two weeks with only artificial light really does a number on your eyes, and the sun…
The Texas sun is so damned bright.
I want to strip all my clothes off and just bask under the sun.
But of course that’s not possible.
I can’t even leave this car for fear that one of the McAllisters’ spies will spot me and take me away from Falcon.
I quiver at the thought.
“Vannah, I’ve got this,” Falcon says. “No one is here. No one can find us. No one’s following us. Try to relax.”
“I can’t. I’m pretty antsy.” I sigh and grab his arm. “I’m scared, Falcon.”
“You don’t have to be scared as long as I’m with you.”
I believe him. I believe he’d move heaven and earth for me, just as I’d move heaven and earth for him. He doesn’t want me to do that any more than I want him to do it for me. We each put the good of the other before our own. We’ve got our own little Gift of the Magi thing going. The irony of our gifts is a seductive sin, each of us giving up our heart’s desire to find the true essence of our love in the depth of sacrifice. It’s utterly beautiful.
But I think…
I think we need to work together a little more.
We slide into the open garage of a single-family dwelling in an unassuming neighborhood. As soon as we’re in, the garage door closes behind us.
“How’d that happen?”
