Conviction (Dominion Book 3) by Kasey Lissa

Author:Kasey, Lissa [Kasey, Lissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lissa Kasey
Published: 2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Jamie

I woke up to find Kelly gone. The first instinct of panic made me roll over to see if he was just in the bathroom, but the door was open and the light off. It was almost 3:00 a.m. Where could he be? Maybe Sei’s room?

Throwing on a T-shirt and grabbing a key, I tiptoed down the hall to Gabe and Sei’s room, using the spare Gabe had given me to open the door. Sei slept curled around Gabe’s pillow, but otherwise alone. I watched him sleep for a few minutes, marveling at how young and vulnerable he looked. It made me tense to think he was alone, but I knew Gabe was never far. And since Sei was Gabe’s focus now, they were forever bound. Still, I couldn’t help but worry.

How many times had Sei been hurt by others? Used like he was nothing more than a puppy someone could throw away when they were done? Abused by the people who claimed to love him. First Tanaka, who always treated him with an iron fist, shaping his life for him while condemning him at every turn. Then Matthew, who convinced my brother he was nothing more than a hole to fuck, making him fear commitment, love, and emotion of all kind. And then Brock, who had been the first real friend that Sei had made in his college years.

Now there was Kelly—who spent endless hours with Sei—had convinced us all to trust him, let him into our lives. He knew all of Gabe’s secrets and had a key to the underground apartment, which put Gabe in danger. Kelly slept just feet from Sei. Had access to their food and water and could stage an accident at any time. He’d wormed his way so deeply into our lives that even I’d begun to wonder how I’d existed before him. I couldn’t help but wonder if he was a plant.

He’d been part of the Ascendance—a group of male witches trying to gain equality in less than moral ways. He’d also been a friend of Brock’s. Did that mean he knew? The police said Kelly had been on Brock’s hit list, only he hadn’t made it to him. What if it was staged? My gut hurt at the idea. I liked Kelly. More than liked him. Cared about him, worried about him, wanted to see him happy. I really didn’t want him to be another bad guy in Sei’s life.

But the snow and the storms would need a strong water witch to create them. How easy it would have been for him to put water in the lines of the sleds. He was a level-five witch. He could probably drown a man where he stood without breaking a sweat. Sure, he didn’t have much training, but that made a witch more dangerous, didn’t it? And who knew what the Ascendance was teaching the male witches it recruited. I’d never attempted to join, fearing it would alienate me from Sei further, but now I wondered if that was a mistake.

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