Chapter 52 | Perils of the Sea

"Allena! The sorcerer's apprentice is here. What are you still doing?"

Marcus was all ready for our next adventure. He walked to stand next to me and waited impatiently, looking at my reflection in the mirror.

I coated my eyelashes with mascara, popped on some nude lipstick, and set my face with a setting spray.

"What's the point in applying such a color?" He smirked, examining my peachy nude lipstick.

"You obviously know nothing about the 2019 lipstick trends."

"All I care about is that they are waterproof." He placed several pecks on my lips.

"We are late!" I put some distance between us and grabbed the parchment scroll that we might need for the trip.

We were still tired because it was only a few hours earlier that we returned from Allena's home. Logan stopped by to meet Marcus before leaving for the fortress. So I was going to give the books that I borrowed from the French town library to him; they were probably past the due date for returning.

I had lost hope of finding anything