Max and Logan got out of the gallery without looking too obvious and they headed towards the car which Logan had hired earlier

Max and Logan got out of the gallery without looking too obvious and they headed towards the car which Logan had hired earlier that day. The first thing Logan noticed when he got in the car was how much Max was shaking.

After they were back on the road Logan tried to comfort Max by pointing out that they might not be after her. She shook her head and said that couldn't be the case but she was grateful that Logan had pointed that out.

He continued by adding, "Anyway if they had been after you they would have carried on following us. Right?"

Max said, "I suppose you're right," Max glanced behind the car to check they weren't being followed and saw that a black car was behind them. "Logan, how long has that car been behind us?"

"A couple of blocks," he answered. Max didn't say anything so Logan continued, "Do you want me to try to lose them or should we just go back to the hotel?"

Max almost answered hotel but thought better, "Go to a different hotel," she made to continue but Logan realised and finished for her, "So if they are from Manticore they don't know where we're staying." Max nodded and Logan headed uptown towards the Ritz. The black car followed them.

Max was getting nervous and was trying not to let Logan know. He had noticed but didn't say anything because Max wouldn't want him to think that he thought she was weak, he didn't think she was weak at all though because she was handling the whole thing well.

Logan parked the car outside of the Ritz and walked around to the other side of the car to let Max out. He opened her door and offered her his arm which she gladly took. They walked towards the entrance and the doors were opened for them by the doorman. The black car that had been following them had parked across the road. No one had moved inside the car and they were waiting for the couple to come out of the Ritz. An hour later night had fallen and they were disappointed when no one had emerged. They decided they had booked a hotel room and vowed to return in the morning. Max and Logan hadn't booked a room they had just made out like they had one and had gone up the stairs towards the fire escape.

They were watching the car from the roof. After an hour Logan had had enough and went to book them a room. Max stopped him just in time by telling him of their departure.

The pair climbed down the fire escape and got in the car. Five minutes later when they had decided that they had definitely gone Logan pulled the car out of its parking space and headed back to the hotel they were really staying at.

While in the car Max thought of how lucky she had been that they had gone and how scared she had been when she thought they were going to find her. She also remembered how Logan had just sat there holding her hand the whole time. He had managed to stop her from doing something stupid, few people could do that. If it had been up to her she would have gone and took them on straight away and made a run for it afterwards. She wouldn't have gotten this far without doing something which would have put her life in more danger.

Max and Logan managed to get to their hotel in half an hour because there was little traffic in the French capital, they spent the whole journey in a comfortable silence.

Leave a review or email me at Clairestee@aol.com The next chapter should be out pretty soon but I've got to write it first.