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It was the most gorgeous car I’d ever owned, though I actually had never owned a vehicle. Me and Mom had always walked or taken public transportation.
Tylik continued to pat the vehicle. “Isn’t your new internal combustion engine beautiful?”
I grinned because he was right. “It sure is. You don’t need to call it an internal combustion engine, however. Most people would call it a car or an SUV.”
“Ah, yes. To fit in, I’ll consider putting aside the term I’ve used. At the vehicle seller, I told them you needed a bright one, that it should be the nicest beast they had to offer.”
“I hope you didn’t spend too much.” Of course he did. It was a new vehicle. “I hate that you’ve spent so much on me.”
“You deserve this, though I suppose we could share it,” he shook his head. “It’s all yours, my lovely fiancée.”
I savored him calling me lovely.
He was so cute and excited. There was no way I’d do anything to destroy that.
“I will say it’s pretty,” I said, handing him the fob.
He paused in the driveway. “Watch this. I trialed all the buttons before I selected it.” He pressed the panic button, and the vehicle started flashing lights and beeping. “Amazing, isn’t it?” he shouted over the uproar.
Dogs started barking, and the abominable snow couple walking on the walk hand-in-hand bolted, racing down the street and out of view.
The neighbors were going to kill me.
“Keep it down out there,” someone said. We looked up to find Raze poking his head out the window of the second story of his barn apartment. He and Elisa rented it from Goreg and Violet. “Oh, jeez. It’s that time, huh?” He grinned. “You two have fun!”
“You need to turn it off,” I told Tylik.
“What?” Tylik asked. He was so entranced by the sounds and flashing lights that he was nearly hopping. He swayed his hips like it was a dance tune.
I pressed the button, silencing the car.
“It’s loud,” I said, my ears ringing.
“It sure is.” He grinned at me before looking up at Raze. “Isn’t it amazing?”
Raze chuckled. “I’ll be curious to hear how this goes. Stop in later if you have time” Chuckling, he backed out of the window and shut it.
“And look at this,” Tylik said, pushing another button. The vehicle started, purring softly. “It engages with one touch.”
Other than when Vrok took me and Seyla into town, I hadn’t ridden in such a nice set of wheels, let alone driven one. And Tylik wanted to give this to me like it was a daisy he’d picked on the lawn. I still couldn’t believe this was my life.
“And this.” Another button made the back hatch slowly lift. “So simple. When you need to access the rear part of this carriage, you can do so from anywhere throughout the world.”
“It won’t work unless you’re near the vehicle.”
A frown formed on his face. “It’s defective then. I’ll obtain you a different vehicle.”
“That’s normal for all cars.” I waved to the passenger seat. “Climb in and we’ll go get your learner’s permit.”
“I spoke with Maxon, and he pulled some . . .” He tilted his head. “Maxon pulled some ropes. The D of the MV delivered this to me.” He held up a card. “It says I’m permitted to operate an internal combustion engine powered carriage as long as I do so with a designated driver beside me. I mean vehicle or SUV.” He flashed me a grin that made my knees weaken. “Regardless, the designated driver is you, Kate. Only you.”
Chapter18
Tylik
“Slow down,” Kate said, her tone more guttural than I liked. She hung onto something she called the sheet bar and braced her other hand on the dash. I wasn’t sure why it was called a dash when it appeared to be made from a strange sort of plastic and didn’t appear to be dashing anywhere. I’d learned about plastic while building my house; it was something I hadn’t incorporated since it didn’t come from nature.
“You can’t go this fast on Main Street,” she said.
