The hair on the back of my neck stood on end, and I tilted my head to the side.
Did Skye’s father just…insult her?
Zephyr hadn’t reacted, so for a minute I thought I’d imagined it. Zephyr pushed sandbags at me, his expression tight.
No, I hadn’t imagined it.
Before I could even think of what to say, Skye’s voice rang out from up the stairs.
“Fuck, Rafe. What are you doing here?!” She came into view a moment later.
She was disheveled, a little damp from the rain. She wore a cropped hoodie with low slung sweatpants, and for a moment, I wasvery distracted. But then I saw her face and her eyes were wide…in…fear? She wasafraidfor me to know about Levi?
What the hell was going on?
“Focus on the problem, baby girl.” Levi said sharply.
Skye winced.
Just barely.
But I saw it.
Shewinced. At her father?
My head tilted further, and the shadows looming at my feet began to slide across the floor, seeking out the threat to our Key. Just as I was weighing the options of what to do with this new revelation, someone grabbed my arm, tight.
Againthe shadows hadn’t reacted, and I whirled around as best I could to find Aiden, his expression hard. He tilted his head to the side, and I opened up our minds so he could speak to me, instinctively knowing that’s what he wanted.
Save it,he practically snarled, pulling my arm.I’m already working on it.
You’re aware of this?I hissed.What the fuck is going on here?
I allowed him to pull me up the stairs as he snapped, “Now’s not the time.”
Well, he wasn’t wrong, there. Nowreallywasn’t the time.
Our boots thundered up the stairs, and we pushed through the doorway into the café. Sandbags were already in place to stop water from flowing down into the apartment, but water was starting to trickle in through the cracks in the front door, bringing water into the café. The pier was visible through the front windows, and so were the towering waves crashing over the barriers.
“This is…” I trailed off.
“This is not normal.” Aiden breathed.
I looked out across the water, spotting the waterspout that held Aiden’s attention. Visible only in flashes of lightning, it was massive, looming ominously out in the lagoon, spinning so fast it appeared as if it stood still. It was slowly making its way toward us, though, and that would be a very real fucking tornado if it made landfall.
Wyatt?I called out desperately, but I wasn’t sure where he was. Mytelepathy had never been strong enough to stretch long distances like Skye’s. I hadn’t seen Wyatt today. He hadn’t texted me where he was or what he was up to, and I was desperately worried he’d been at Carissa’s, so I hadn’t tried speaking to him in an effort to delay the inevitable.
“Wait…” Skye skidded to a stop, looking between us and then spinning almost in a circle. Her silver eyes locked on mine. “Where’s Wyatt?”
“I don’t know,” I rasped.
Skye’s eyes widened. “We need to find Wyatt.”
“I can look in his normal spots, but–”
Skye practically growled, having realized that meant he was probably with a woman. But we didn’t have time for that. I could punch him in the nuts and avenge her later, right now we needed to act.
Just as I summoned the shadows so I could travel toward Carissa’s, a dark form appeared through the sheets of rain. How someone could be out in this…
