The Phoenix Agency: Twisted Instincts (Kindle Worlds Novella) (The Devlin Brothers Book 2) by Casey Hagen

Author:Casey Hagen [Hagen, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Jasmine followed Lily through her front door and the minute she closed it, she leaned back, and slid to the floor.

“How bad was it?”

She rubbed her forehead with her fingertips. “I can practically feel the stress wrinkles and frown lines carving themselves into my face. How the hell do you do this day in and day out?”

Lily set her keys on the entry table and shed her jacket. “At least now I can speak up with the information. For so many years I kept having visions of Alegra and had no choice but to collect them in that book because there was no one to tell. Those were the worst.”

Jasmine dropped her head back against the door. “I had a vision today. A vision of Alegra and I felt her, what she was feeling in that moment.”

“This is weird. The way we’re crossing our abilities. I wonder, if we had Sage and Ivy come out here, would this get even more muddled up—or is it something with the way we’re connected to Mason and Luca?” Lily mused.

“Who says I’m connected?”

Lily laughed. “You’re kidding, right?”

“Okay, I’m connected,” Jasmine muttered. But she didn’t have to be happy about it. Without even one smidgeon of effort, invisible tentacles had reached out from her life and began anchoring themselves to Baltimore.

To Luca.

“Did you tell Luca what you saw?” Lily asked.

Jasmine sighed, rolling her head back and forth against the door. “I didn’t want to.”

“But he pressured you,” Lily said.

“He did, but it wasn’t just that. It didn’t feel like it was mine. What I saw wasn’t meant for me. You know what I mean? I hated telling him. I knew what it would do. I tried to resist, but you know what a shit liar I am. So, I spilled.”

“How did he take it?”

The weight of him as he sagged against her in absolute misery would stay with her forever. She never wanted to see a man so strong brought to his knees like that again. “Direct hit. Might as well have sucked all the air out of the room.”

“What did you feel when you felt Alegra?”

“Her real-life-hero brothers broke her innocent heart. I know that sounds dramatic to adults, but for her, those boys were the reason she smiled every morning; they shattered her by leaving her behind. It wasn’t just the action, but the things they said to get her to buzz off, you know? All things they never would have uttered if they knew it would be the last words they ever said to her.” Jasmine stumbled over the words as her throat thickened.

She had experiences. Memories she had no interest in resurrecting because of the pain they would cause, but this was different. It’s the nature of her innocence that made her brothers’ rejection of her so traumatic.

Lily slid down the door and landed with a thud right next to Jasmine. She reached out and took Jasmine’s hand. “We need wine.”

Jasmine choked out a laugh. “Wine makes everything better. You have the energy to go get it?”

“In just a minute.

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