The Four Horsemen BoxSet 2 by L J Swallow

Author:L J Swallow [Swallow, L J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-21T22:00:00+00:00

7

VEE

Back to serious, or an attempt to be. Is this my remaining human side trying to blot out the world rather than let the fear take over? I sit on the sofa between Heath and Ewan, head lolling onto Heath's shoulder. Heath fussed around me, repeatedly asking Joss to confirm I'm okay. Thank god Ewan and Joss can tell the bones of the story.

While I was talking with Syv, Joss and Ewan gave the other two a rundown on what happened. Heath and Xander quiz me over how I closed the portal. I can’t fully explain how due to the fact I’m drunk and because I barely remember anything but the overriding need to do it. In Xander’s eyes I see what’s inside me—frustration that Seth has done something we again don’t fully understand. We still don’t know what I’m capable of—evidently not zapping smirking gods out of trees.

I rest my head on Heath’s shoulder and he curls an arm around me. "Are you okay after what happened?"

"Teleporting, or seeing Seth?" I mumble.

"Both," replies Xander. "I’m annoyed we weren’t all there."

"I don’t think it’s time to confront Seth yet, is it? Look at what he is." Despite the sense in Joss’s words, I can tell Xander isn’t amused.

"But how did it happen? That’s what I don’t understand." asks Heath.

I shift to rest my head against his chest, burrowing my cheek into his soft warmth and soothing myself with his scent. Please let the room stop spinning.

"Vee?"

"I don’t know. I suppose Seth did it somehow."

"How did you feel when you saw Seth?" asks Heath.

I push hair from my face. "Pissed off. I wanted to hurt him before he hurt one of us."

"Do you think you could? Did you feel stronger?" Xander sits forward. "Anything helps us here."

"I don’t know, Xander. I felt a strong connection to the portal energy, but my response to him was emotional. Like when you’re at full War power. If he’d been close I wouldn’t have thought first, I would’ve just smashed the bastard."

I glare at Joss as he laughs. "Sorry!" He holds his hand up. "The image in my head is a good one."

"This is a double-edged sword," replies Xander. "Vee can somehow teleport to threatened portals—presumably—but that makes it bloody hard to know when this might happen."

"Maybe I'll learn to control the feelings?" I suggest.

Xander scrunches his nose up. Obviously, he doesn't agree.

He’s right. What if I suddenly disappear in the middle of the night? If Seth now knows I'm connected, then he can use that to his advantage. The silence tells me I’m not the only one considering this could happen.

"Vee healing Ewan is good," puts in Heath. "I know we don't talk about the topic because you think it'll freak me out, but I'm confident if we die when we confront Seth, Vee can help."

Heath's statement jerks me alert and I cling to his arm. He folds a hand over mine and squeezes. If he dies.

"I don’t think we look for Seth until we have all the information we can find.

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