Chapter 101

I looked over at the source of the sigh that came from my right. It cut through the surprisingly quiet room like a knife. If it hadn't sounded so despondent and if it hadn't come from Raúl, I might not have been inclined to put down my copy of The Lord of the Rings, which was pretty high on my Do-Not-Interrupt-Me-While-I-Read-This-Book list. "You okay?" I asked. He frowned at the magazine he'd been leafing through. "They're all so expensive," he groaned. I glanced at the glossy pages to see what cost was too high for the son of a high ranked noble. It was a car. Well, technically a model car, which cost so much that it might as well have been the real deal. My jaw hung loose at the figure just below the car. "I'd say," I murmured. "I knew you were into cars, but I didn't know you collected them." "It's kind of a hobby," he grinned. "It can get pricey though, but what are friends for?" He grinned at the other