The beach is almost empty and it’s why I let my heels drop along with my purse and walk knee-deep into the sea.Bliss.Why can’t life be as simple as enjoying the sea, and watching the moon reflect in the water with the stars above me while there’s a slight ocean breeze flowing through my hair.
“You shouldn’t lower your guard,” an annoying voice states from behind me.
My blissful moment is ripped to shreds.Yet again I’m facing Sevrin unprepared.Ugh, who am I kidding?I will never be prepared, and while my future mate might not be such a threat, my brother surely is.
Okay, Sevrin hates my guts and wants nothing to do with me, but my brother will waste no time to chitchat and will smite me where I stand.I learned that lesson the hard way with our last encounter.Hell, I remember very little from our last encounter.
It’s also the reason why I had to grab Sevrin’s wrist to make sure he stayed put when I threw out my anger.The action saved me from my brother, or at least I think it did, because I woke up alone on the ground after blasting him with all I got.I’m sure my brother tried to kill me too, due to me being the only one left in our family besides him.
Maybe he wants me dead in an effort to gain some of his powers back, because he lost everything when he killed his own blood.The only magic he’s capable of now is dark and dangerous.
“I said, you shouldn’t lower your guard,” Sevrin grunts, much closer this time.
Shit.I give my head a little shake to clear the fog.“Go away and leave me alone.Can’t you see I’m trying to relax after a shitty day?”
“Is leaving yourself exposed your version of relaxing?If so, then you’re lacking brain cells, Miss Medical Examiner,” he states in a condescending tone.
My anger flares and I can feel my powers surge through me.
“Better.”This time there’s a hint of approval in his voice.
Frustration and annoyance hit me.This is exactly why I wanted to avoid him at all cost.I’m here to kill my brother and go somewhere that doesn’t involve using my powers because once I reached the age to have my full powers?My lovely brother killed off my family, and there was no one left to teach me.
My shoulders sag when sadness hits me hard.
Sevrin’s eyes narrow.“The fuck?What’s wrong with you?”
I hate Sevrin frowning down at me.Judging.Making me feel worthless.Powerless.Exactly what I am because I have zero control over my powers.Except when I’m angry...but then there’s still no control, just the ability to do something.
“Go away.”I brush past him to get my purse and shoes, but the annoying man grips my wrist.
His voice is softer and without judgement this time when he says, “Wait.”
I glance down where his fingers are wrapped around my wrist.“Well, I really don’t have a choice, do I?”
“You don’t have control over your powers, do you?Why?And why did you say we’re both hunting your brother?”
Narrowing my eyes, I grit, “You can keep on throwing questions at me, but it doesn’t mean I’ll feel the need to answer.”
“Fine,” he growls in my face and releases his grip on my wrist.“Let’s say you were speaking the truth about your brother...then you’d better hope to fuck I run into him first.”
I bite my tongue so I won’t blurt out words of agreement while I stomp to my purse to grab it, along with my shoes.
“My bike is this way,” the annoying man rumbles as he places a hand on my elbow and guides me in the direction he wants.
“Good for you.”I try to rip my elbow from his grip.“Stop touching me, and go back to not being in my life.”
“You and I are inevitable, babe.We might as well get acquainted since you’re the one who put the bond in place.”
Anger boils through my veins and I want nothing more than to strike him dead.Babe.Who the hell does he think he is, calling me babe as if I’m one of the women prancing around half naked, or fully naked, in that clubhouse of his.
I might lack skills to use my powers, but I do watch TV, read books, and have loads of other skills.Shit.It’s mostly human skills, hence my job as medical examiner.I’m fairly young, unlike Sevrin, who has been walking this planet for fuck-knows how many decades while still looking barely thirty.
“I’m not your ‘babe,’ and I sure as hell don’t intend to do anything with you.And, why are you even here instead of running off to find a human to...”
“Fuck?”he snarls in my face.“I might hate your guts and would rather stick my cock in the dirt than inside your cunt, but I’d never turn my back on the ways of our ancestors rooted within the marrow of our bones.”
This man flares anger inside me at every turn.
