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Chapter Seventeen

Lilith

Leon was staring at me, but his eyes had glossed over like he was lost in thought.

When he finally shook his head, clearing his mind, his gaze met mine, and for the first time in what feels like forever, he had recognition in them, seeing my face. Did he remember something? I was about to ask him, but then the elevator opened and Phillip walked out with a confident swagger.

“Great job, guys.” He smiled and stopped next to Leon.

“You’re a hero!”

Yeah, he was. Leon had loved the rush of busting that robbery; it was clear as day on his face. He was jazzed up, ready for more. I’d love to get my hands on him and use that energy he was hyped with in the bedroom. I still had those handcuffs handy.

“I think we need do come up with a way to protect people beyond you messaging me to run to the store that happens to be near a future robbery.” Draco walked over to us with an arm wrapped around Rose.

“It was fun this way.” He shrugged.

“For you,” Draco retorted, and Phillip nodded.

“Fine.”He pretended to be wounded to the heart, and then launched into a discussion on what was to come.

“There are crimes happening all over Seahill like that, constantly. AJ is syncing up special communicators for us, so no matter where we are or what we are doing, we will know what’s happening—a direct link to the police’s network, so we will know as soon as they do. I will try to help see the ones I can before they happen and send one of you over, but I won’t catch them all. I’ve got a lot to juggle.”

I agreed with that statement. He was a very busy dude. Running an empire, keeping this society going, and making everything happen the way he saw would get us to a brighter future. A puppet master of the world of men.  It was a good thing I trusted his judgment on what a brighter future was.

“So we just keep doing what we’ve been doing? Train and head out when we get notified there is a crime?”  Rose asked, and the way she said it sounded silly. But I was curious about the answer now, too.

“Nope. We go about our lives as normal. Train when we can, and help people any chance we get.” He ran fingers through his hair. I couldn’t tell if it was because he was nervous, or it was just a habit of his.

“Draco can get back to building his house, and photography. You could get a job as a psychologist, like you wanted to. AJ will be working on the computers like he’s been doing for years. The Hero Society is our future, but we have to leave the base sometime.”

That was true. There was no way we could just train and wait around for things to go bad in the world. We needed to get out and be with the people, so to speak.

It was obvious though that while he was talking to us, he had left out Leon’s and my name. I watched Leon’s face fall as he realized this too.

“You aren’t alone, Leon. This is what you were born to do.” I reached over and placed my hand against his chest. His eyes collided with mine, and I saw the struggle in him. He wanted this. He enjoyed giving into his powers, and saving those people today, but he was still afraid of hurting those close to him.

He had to be a part of this. He belonged here, and everyone saw it but him.

“I see you, Leon.” I saw the man in him that begged for this chance. I’ve seen him since the beginning, and just like he told me that night we met. He sees me, and I see him.

I saw a light in his eyes flash before he looked at Phillip with a serious face. I mentally crossed my fingers that he realized what his destiny was.

“I’m in.”

I couldn’t contain myself, as I jumped up and wrapped my arms around his big body.

“I see you, Lilith,” he whispered into my hair, and I hugged him tighter, hoping with everything I had that he remembered more of us.

“Great. Now that Leon’s on board finally…” Phillip winked at him and kept on talking about how he and AJ were trying to locate Raven’s new base. There was some talk about it in the dark web, but mostly things had gone quiet on that front. We would use the time we had to keep training, learning to work together as a team, and do what we could to help the people of the present.

An idea struck me as I still clung to Leon like a sloth, unwilling to let go of his warmth.

“I could have my tech girl look into things for us, too. Two computer geeks have a higher chance of finding something than one.” Mina would so love to be in on this, plus I was feeling a bit mischievous and wanted to play matchmaker between her and Mr. Griffin.

+The look he gave me was completely sinful. I had a feeling that I just played directly into his hands. Puppet master strikes again, it seems.  No one else caught his look, so this was just a game between us. I would play, and I couldn’t wait to see the outcome.