63. Glow

"This should be good enough," Lux suggested, yanking the horse's rein to make it stop. I surveyed our location. It indeed would be good enough.

We got off the brown horse, and though he had no place to tie it to, there was no need since it wouldn't run on him.

"We should be far enough from sight and hearing range to have no issues going all out," Lux explained, taking down the small bag he had attached to the side of the horse.

We had come outside to do one thing, and that was none other than test the gauntlets.

Truth be told, I had barely been able to keep my mind off it, and now that the time had come, I couldn't hold back my grin.

The trouble they had gone through to get here without rousing suspicion would soon be paid for.

Lux unveiled those gauntlets; though they were mainly black, they seemed to glimmer under the sun's radiance. Appealing.