Chapter 107: Games II
Amelia sucked in a deep breath and fired. Her first shot struck a yellow balloon, but her second one hit a red.
"Just a lucky shot," Emmeline muttered bitterly under her breath. She lined up her pistol and took a shot, only to curse when her first shot hit the board, missing the balloons by a mile.
"Then maybe you have very unlucky shots," Aiden muttered under his breath, just loud enough for Emmeline to hear. She turned and scowled at him, sneering. If this gun fired real bullets, Aiden might even have one through his skull for that comment.
Nevertheless, Emmeline soon turned her attention back to the board. She chewed on her bottom lip, aimed, and fired two shots in succession. This time, her first bullet hit a green one, the second a red one.
This time, she smiled, satisfied. With that, Emmeline’s points were ahead of Amelia’s. She looked smugly over at Amelia’s side only to see that her cousin wasn’t even paying her any attention.
Amelia had her eyes glued to her board — they each had separate boards to target — and her tongue stuck out just a little due to how concentrated she was. She fired once more, and this time, the bullet hit a red balloon, the pop echoing loudly.
Emmeline and the vendor’s eyes both twitched in synchrony when Amelia fired another, causing a third red balloon to pop. She only had to clear three more― with it, she would complete her side of the wager.
"Good shot," Matteo whistled from the side, and Amelia paused to smile at him. With the glittering carnival lights as his background, Matteo looked as though he could glow. His smile sent flutters through Amelia’s heart, and she felt giddy with delight at the small praise. "Three more."
"I’ve got this," Amelia said confidently. She raised the gun and continued. She hit another red, causing the vendor’s eyes to bulge out.