Aftermath Ch 9 - A Life Worth Sharing
Chapter 9 - A Life Worth Sharing
Ladybug dove off the building. Her stomach dropped in a way that had become familiar long ago. She laughed in exhilaration as the string of her yo-yo swung her back up with the wind whipping her hair around her face.
A shadow passed overhead, accompanied by a familiar joyous whoop.
She laughed again, and shot off her yo-yo towards a beam of the Eiffel Tower. She pulled herself up to the platform. He was there waiting.
He stood taller than her, even draped casually over the end of his staff. His feline eyes sparkled from behind his mask as he turned a boyish grin in her direction.
Her heart leapt and she forgot how to breathe.
It had been so long.
“Same as yesterday, m’lady?”
Her throat lodged closed. She could only nod. She had missed him, looked for him around corners and in the shadows for years. And here he was before her, like no time had passed.
He launched himself upwards, and she followed him, her laughter echoing his own. She would follow him anywhere.
If only he had left her a trail of breadcrumbs.