A mistake?
Gem flinched as if I had hit her when I grabbed her arm. I loosened my grip and worried I asked her: “What are you doing here? We agreed that it was dangerous!”. Her green eyes went from a light green to a darker shade, a sign that she was getting angry. “I just want to help you”, I implored. She opened her mouth, but before she could reply a squeaking sound of a stopping car could be heard and my heart leapt. How could they have found me already?
“Are you out of your mind?!”, I heard Ray’s voice. “Get in! Now!”
I tried to say something but Gem had come up to me and pushed me into the backseat of the taxi and added: “Don’t you ever dare to interfere like this again! I am well enough prepared!” With these words her eyes softened a bit and she placed a kiss on my lips and the world around me grew dark…