The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 169

"Why bother putting that device on a flimsy old metal gate? It'll fall apart if someone kicks it anyway." Analise entered the garbage dump with young Gideon.

"Yeah, it used to be like that. Those bullies often stopped by to do some damage. The door had been torn down many times."

He lowered his gaze and quietly pushed a tiny button behind the door. "But things are different now. They learned their lesson last time."

"How did they learn their lesson?"

Her gaze traveled with the movement of his fingers. The ground behind the door vanished, and a complicated-looking mechanical doll ascended to floor level.

He pushed another button again. The doll slowly lifted its arm and unfurled its fist. Every single finger was equipped with a weapon, ranging from knives, arrows, to guns.

After the initial shock, Analise regained her composure. "That's great."

After they stepped into the yard, she exclaimed, "Oh, do you plant flowers too?"

"Yeah," he replied truthfully with a nod. "The garbage dump is just next to this place. When the wind blows, it carries the stench around. That's why I grew different flowers here."

"The yard smells more like flowers," she commented.

Then, she walked over to a pot of jasmine flowers. She checked them out and bent over to sniff them.

"Ana, do you like jasmine?" He came up to her.

"Yeah. Jasmine has a light and comfortable fragrance." She picked one of the flowers. "You don't mind, do you?"

"It's fine. And it so happens the flowers are in full bloom." He bent over and picked another jasmine flower. "I'll put this flower in your hair."

"Sure."