54 A place I never thought I would go 2 (2/2)

When Lazar walked into the meeting room earlier, she not only noticed his disgust when he saw Andrew, she felt it as well. When he was trying to contain his anger, she had felt it too.

Each time it was a barely tangible sensation, but now Amandla was convinced that it was real.

As for why she hadn't made the connection between these feelings and Lazar, it was simple, she had become so accustomed to experiencing these same feelings over the past 2 years that she had unconsciously mistaken them for beeing hers.

If one of the goals of the Horsemen was to make it easier for her and Lazar to understand each other by creating this bond, then it was successful, at least for her part.

If another one of those goals was to make her feel closer to Lazar, then there too they had succeeded, she had already given up treating him as a tool.

'Don't act like a moron, it doesn't suit you.' It was the second time Amandla said this to him, remembering this sentence brought a gentle smile to Lazar's face for no particular reason.

”The limits of my body are constantly being pushed back lately, but that doesn't mean that I am no longer aware of the existence of these limits. I know what I'm capable of and I haven't set myself an objective that I consider unattainable.” Lazar calmly explained to Amandla to reassure her that he wasn't planning to go on a suicide mission.

A little more soothed but still rather dubious, Amandla wanted a clear explanation of what he wanted to do to find out if she was right to worry, ”And what exactly is that objective?” She questioned him.

”Take advantage of the night to sneak into the MIT, do a little scouting and kill one of the monsters there to find out who we're dealing with before coming back tomorrow.” The way he had presented it, Lazar saw that as a formality, or at least he wanted Amandla to think he saw that as a formality.

But clearly it didn't work, ”You've got to be kidding me, I will not let you do that.”

”I think I missed the part where you had the right to stop me from going out.” Lazar told her with annoyance, if Amandla began to contest his decisions, then their relationship would quickly deteriorate.

”I got the ability to see in the dark when I obtained my class, it gives me an advantage that I need to exploit.” Lazar continued to argue, thinking that she would give up when he revealed the trump card he had up his sleeve.

But seeing that she remained silent and that her face still expressed her disagreement, Lazar thought he understood what was really the problem and wasn't sure how he should take it, ”I, too, hate it when people try to protect me.”