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Chapter Eleven

Leon

Everyone had lost their damn mind.

I thought Phillip had given me a safe place to hide out, but instead he invited the wolf right into the club with him. I didn’t care if my boat was fixed or not; I was taking her out and getting the hell away from everyone.

I shot a text to Charles, letting him know I would be at sea for a bit, and he just replied to hit him up when I got back.

He was lucky he didn’t have to deal with all of this stuff. He was normal. Paralyzed, but still normal.

As I neared Lily Blue, I noticed a figure walking on my boat that shouldn’t be there.

“Hey! Get the fuck off my boat!” I called out, and he turned to look at me calmly. My blood was already burning from everything that happened just before so he picked a bad time to be calm around me.

“Leon,” he said like he knew me, which was not the case. The closer I got, I noticed he looked just like the guy who was staring at me from the parking lot of Charles’s complex. Had I been put on some stalkers’ website? First the Society, then my wife, and now this guy.

“Look, whatever you’re here for, I’m not interested in. Now get off my boat before you take a swim in the cold water.” I hopped on Lily Blue after giving him the easy way out, glaring.

His tall form did not seem intimated by me at all. His brown eyes looked almost amused at my threats.

“Not a people person, are you, Mr. Daniels?” he asked while leaning against the metal rails that prevented him from going over.

“Seriously? I’m not up for a chat. If you don’t get off my boat, I’m going to knock you off it.” I was losing every bit of my patience that was left.

He shook his head and started talking, despite my threat. I looked at him like he was nuts. Dark brown skin, no hair on his head, and a brown, trimmed beard grew on his jaw. He was wearing a proper suit. Not a fighter, or anyone that could face me and have a chance.

“You’ve got a gift, one you should stop trying to hide to the world. Your powers were meant for so much more. I want to help you let the man you were born to be free.”

Great. Someone else wanting me for my powers. I was done with that. No one was getting me on their team.

I walked over to him, my fists clenched.

Without another word, I lifted my arm and cocked it back with inhuman speed before letting it go toward his face.

But he wasn’t there. Nor was he in the water.

“I’d hoped we could talk about this in a pleasant manner. But I guess you need things to be more direct. Join me, or I will take your powers, and you will die. It’s quite simple. I won’t let them have you. So it’s be with me, or it’s the end of you.” He stood just on the bow of the boat, eight feet in front of me. Fuck, he must have powers, too.

I watched him as he waited for my answer. Join him or die.

“You must be Emanuel,” I guessed.  His lip curled at the name, and he shook his head, making the vertebra crack in his neck.

“Time to decide.”He was now the one giving me the ultimatum. I wasn’t worried. I was fast, and strong. While I wasn’t completely in control of my powers, they were mostly instinctual. No true need for thought.

I saw his eyes look behind me, and I turned to see one big man stepping onto my boat. Great.

“You know what. This may be just what I need to work off my frustrations.”  I suddenly didn’t feel annoyed by a fight. I could kick someone’s ass for therapy right now.

“Your answer,” Emanuel demanded.

“Fuck off, you Raven shit. I’m not joining you or them.”  The man descended on me just as I finished giving him my answer.

I was ready for him.

Until he came at me with electricity sparking from his fingers. Electricity and water were a big no-no.