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“Wow.” I slide one of the books out and open it. “This one focuses on the love story between Selos and Fiora, Xavier and Lily’s favorite characters. Lily willlovethis.”
“It’s an entire series based on their story arc,” the man tells me, reaching to pull out the complete set.
My jaw falls open. “No way.” There are six books in the set. “We have to buy this for Lily.”
“Done,” Liam says with a smile.
We choose some things for the rest of our friends and families, like hats and mugs, and T-shirts. I get a T-shirt for myself and a figurine of Aleriana, and Liam chooses socks and a T-shirt, and a figurine of Torenin.
After I give him my half of the cost, he goes to pay for everything. I continue looking through the books, and my eyes catch sight of Torenin and Aleriana on one of the covers. “They have a series on Torenin and Aleriana’s epic love story, too,” I whisper to myself.
“Ready?” Liam asks, clutching bags containing the gifts. “What’s that?” he asks, nodding to the book I’m holding.
“They have a series that focuses on Torenin and Aleriana’s love story, too.”
“Cool. Want it?”
I shake my head as I put the book back. “I already paid a fortune on our friends’ gifts. It’s okay, I’ll take out the books from the library once they’re released. Come, there’s still so much to see.”
Liam stands at the bookcase, his eyes not leaving the books.
“Liam?” I ask. “I want to squeeze in one more event before we leave.”
He blinks and looks at me. “What? Oh, yeah. Sure.”
We attend the last event for today, which is a reenactment of one of the most famous scenes in the entire series, and then it’s time to head home.
“Thanks for everything.” I close my arms around Liam. “I’m so happy I spent the day with you. I had so much fun.”
He presses his cheek to mine. “Me too.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chloe
As Liam and I leave the convention, I stop dead in my tracks. It’s pouring outside. And not just pouring—buckets and buckets of water surge down from the sky. The sidewalks are covered with puddles.
Liam and I gape at one another. We’ve never seen anything like this before in our lives.
My phone buzzes. When I peer down at it, my eyes nearly bug out of their sockets. “I have a million missed calls from my parents.”
He checks his phone. “Me, too.”
I listen to my voicemail, where Mom and Dad tell me to call them back immediately. They’ve been trying to reach us for the last few hours. Crap. Liam and I were having so much fun that we forgot to check our phones.
He calls his parents back and I dial Mom.
“Chloe! Where have you been?” she asks, her voice ringing with relief. “I’ve been trying to reach you for hours.”
“I’m sorry. We forgot to check our phones. What’s wrong?”
“Have you seen the weather?”
“Yeah. It’s pouring.”
“It’s not just pouring. There is major flooding and they predict it will get worse. It’s impossible to leave or enter Edenbury. And all buses leaving Derryton have stopped running.”
Panic seizes me. “What do you mean? There are no buses?”
