Free Chronicles of Eden - Act IV by Alexander Gordon

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    Alyssa huffed then quickly grabbed onto Daniel’s arm with a stern look on her face.
    “You’ve all had your nights with him,” she argued. “I’ve waited and waited for my turn with him, and I’ve tolerated bringing Falla along with us during this as well. Tonight is my time with Daniel, and like hell I’m giving that up for anything.”
    Daniel smiled a bit at her then looked to Triska.
    “We’ll head out for the village right away,” he agreed, with Alyssa looking to him with a gasp.
    “What? But, Daniel,” she whined with heartbroken eyes.
    Daniel chuckled and shook his head as he gently held her chin to keep her gaze up at him.
    “Now now, we’re going to have our date tonight still. That’s not canceled.”
    “But it’s already getting late, why can’t we start our night now?” Alyssa pouted.
    Daniel smirked then glanced to the map with a raised eyebrow.
    “Alyssa, I know you’ve been saving up your magic for our night together-” he started before Alyssa quickly grabbed his hand and held it against her cheek.
    “I have, this night is going to be special, just for the two of us. Please don’t tell me to wait any longer!”
    Daniel smiled gently and shook his head at her as the witch had an innocent expression on her face while she batted her eyelashes at him.
    “I’ll make a deal with you, Alyssa. A special deal just for you,” he said gently, with the witch watching him with eyes of wonder while the other girls paid close attention as well. “You can use any magic you want tonight, as long as you don’t break the rules you girls have set forth, and I’ll promise to stay up late with you to make up for the time traveling to Eston.” Alyssa tilted her head curiously before Daniel gently rubbed her cheek and made her smile at him.
    “And, for agreeing to wait a little longer for our date tonight, I’ll rent us a room at the village’s inn that we can share together.”
    Alyssa jumped with a bright smile while the other girls jumped with surprise.
    “Really?” Alyssa asked eagerly. “We’ll have our own room together?”
    “Wait, hold on, what?” Triska stuttered while shaking her head.
    Daniel chuckled and looked to the other girls with a knowing smile.
    “Is there something wrong with that?” he questioned. “It’s not often we get to stay in a town or village. Not to mention that we do need to get the search for Emily and Luna going as soon as we can, for both finding them and also hopefully gaining support from Eston for our cause. This works out well for everyone.”
    “Wait,” Specca said nervously. “So you two are going to be sharing a room together in the village?”
    “Is that really so different than having our own private ‘room’ here in the caravan?” Daniel asked.
    “Yes, it is!” Triska cried out. “For starters you two will be sharing a bed together, and also where are we going to sleep? I’m not leaving her alone with you in the village.”
    “Then you can stay at the inn too, I never said you couldn’t,” Daniel reasoned with a shrug. “However Alyssa and I will have our own room as part of this agreement you all made.”
    “Our agreement was that she could sleep next to you in here while we would be close by in case she tried anything,” Triska argued.
    “Are you saying you don’t trust her?” Daniel asked with a raised eyebrow.
    Triska opened her mouth to speak then looked to Alyssa, the witch smiling innocently at her with a playful giggle. Specca and Squeak looked to each other with concern then to Daniel as the boy shook his head slowly with an amused smile.
    “Well, I for one do trust her,” he stated. “And I’m also allowed to think of something to do for our nights together as well, aren’t I? Then, if that’s the case, I’m choosing to take her to an inn for our night together so we can have privacy in the comfort of a nice, cozy room.”
    The other girls looked at him with worried eyes then to Alyssa as the witch