Discovery by Lisa White

Author:Lisa White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, paranormal
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2013-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen: The Mountains

Tom sat on the couch in his apartment and stared at Ben’s recliner. The apartment seemed smaller with Ben gone but the empty recliner loomed ten times larger than usual. After receiving Ben’s phone call, Tom’s previous worry for his younger brother had been replaced by anger. He could not believe his brother would so blatantly disobey the Council like that. And then to not tell Tom where he was taking Grace was inexcusable. Ben knew better and his reckless disregard for the Council code scared Tom. Ben was officially a fugitive in the Council’s eyes and Tom prayed their justice would be painless for Ben when they found him. And if not painless, at least quick.

“I’m taking her somewhere I know she will be safe.”

Ben’s words tugged at Tom and his inability to decipher their meaning only added to his frustration. When he was younger, Tom’s powers and top mental acumen had confirmed his role as Grace’s Chosen One for the Council, but today his astute powers did nothing to help him find Ben’s safe place. He had no idea where Ben was taking Grace and, for once, his thoughts were ineffective.

Frustrated, he got up from the couch and headed to Ben’s room. He had been through this room a thousand times in the past few days, leaving it in more of a mess than he had found it, but he had to do something and searching Ben’s room again was all he could think of at the moment.

Tom sat on the bed and looked around. His younger brother had never been a clean freak and Ben’s room reflected that aspect of his personality. Clothes were all over the floor. Video games and iPod accessories scattered near Ben’s laptop. Papers on top of papers stacked on Ben’s desk. And a framed picture of the Three Amigos staring back at Tom from behind one of the stacks of papers.

Tom levitated the cheap wooden frame and it instantly flew across the room and into his open palm. It was a picture from some high school party his brother had attended. Ben was playfully grinning at the camera with his arms casually draped over Annie and Grace who stood on each side of him. Annie was striking her best supermodel pose with her long blonde hair softly falling over her bare shoulders. And then there was Grace. Grace had her sweet smile, crazy ponytail and those blue eyes that ensured her place in this world. Focusing on Grace’s eyes, Tom knew that he could eventually love her the way he should. He would be able to fulfill his duties as the Chosen One.

If Ben ever brought her back to him.

Tom levitated the picture back onto the desk and started looking around the room again.

“I’m taking her somewhere I know she will be safe.”

The world was large and, as Grace’s Guardian, Ben had been trained to never feel safe anywhere, to always be on guard.

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