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“Not as much as you might think.”
He’d always been unusually strong. He never thought much about it, and he didn’t usually show off his strength. Felix had found that when people knew too much information about him, they liked to use that against him. So, if someone knew he was strong, they might ask him to do something like move something for them that he didn’t want to move.
If they knew he was clever, they might try to get information from him.
The two of them took off out of the cave and back into the forests that covered the island.
“There are a lot of trees. Should I be worried about ticks and stuff?” Tabitha looked around, carefully watching the ground.
“No.”
“Why not?”
“The witch put a spell on the island,” he said.
He wasn’t actually sure if it still held or not. He just knew that her power was stronger than he’d given her credit for.
Now that she was dead, he thought her spells and magic might eventually fade. Maybe the bugs would come back. Maybe the insects would start being free to roam once more. Only, they hadn’t come back yet.
And Felix still couldn’t leave the fucking place.
That was what bothered him most of all. Why couldn’t he leave? Why couldn’t he go anywhere? He wanted to. Desperately.
He wanted to find out where he’d come from. Even if he never found his real family or his true heritage, he at least wanted a chance. He at least wanted the option of finding out where he belonged, of discovering where he deserved to be.
“She sounds like such a bitch,” Tabitha said, “but that’s one spell I can get on board with. I hate the idea of bugs crawling on me.” She shivered, and Felix looked over at her.
“Don’t worry. I won’t let any bugs hurt you.”
“Why Felix, did you just make a joke?”
He laughed and nodded.
Yes, he supposed that he had.
How strange.
Chapter 11
By the time noon rolled around, they were halfway to the mountain castle, from what Tabitha could guess, and it was a guess. The map she had was useful, but it was still old and outdated. Apparently, it was older than she’d thought because there were a lot of things she didn’t recognize now that she and Felix were trekking across the island.
They stopped for a little while at a small creek. They sat down to rest and dipped their toes in the water. She smiled, leaning against him. It felt nice. Everything about this just felt...
Well, kind of wonderful.
Even though Tabitha had grown up around other mages who understood what it took to live a good, long, and happy life, she’d never experienced anything like this. Felix was offering her something wonderful: something she just couldn’t stop enjoying. The way he made her feel was incredible.
And she wanted more.
She felt happy and content around him. Despite the fact that they were journeying toward a hidden castle so that Tabitha could do a murder, she didn’t feel anxious or sad. She felt comfortable.
Peaceful.
“So, tell me what you like to do,” she finally said, breaking the silence.
It felt like a date.
Everything about this felt like a date, and not like a revenge mission. She still wasn’t sure how she was going to kill Ursula, which was pretty fucked up considering she was going to see her before suppertime, but somehow, she knew that she’d figure it out when the time came.
