Chapter 53

Kira

“Are you ready?” Perrin’s voice called through my bedroom door. Given the last forty-eight hours, I had taken to locking it. Between him and my brother checking in on me every twenty minutes, it was a miracle I could go to the bathroom by myself. But the door wasn’t locked now, Perrin trying to show me at least some modicum of courtesy.

“Almost,” I called back.

“Can I come in?”

“You haven’t bothered knocking once today. Why start now?”

He opened the door without pause. “You clean up nice.”

“Gee, thanks.” I finished pinning back my hair, turning my cheek this way and that to check for any stray pieces. Who was I kidding? My hair was as wild as if I had rode my motorcycle without my helmet, blonde wavy strands sticking out this way and that. I turned to face him, checking my heels in the mirror in the process. “Hey, any chance you know where my keys are?”

Perrin squinted in confusion. “You’re not trying to ride your bike in that, are you?” He gestured at my black cocktail dress tha