Empath by Emme DeWitt

Author:Emme DeWitt [DeWitt, Emme]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578576497
Publisher: Iron Sparrow Media
Published: 2019-11-26T22:00:00+00:00

I tapped the middle of my forehead savagely, scolding myself for my flippant answer.

Boys are the devil.

Dimples are dumb.

You’re dumb, for letting dimples get you into this mess.

I sat across from Eli in the middle of a sparsely furnished room. The table and set of chairs reminded me of every interrogation room I had seen on TV. This one just so happened to be on the basement level of the Navratil mansion. Of course. What powerful supernatural family didn’t have their own torture room?

Eli’s smirk radiated from her core, so even though my eyes were shut, my finger poking me in self-punishment, I could see her so clearly in my mind’s eye I still wanted to punch her in the mouth. I knew I could land it exactly where I want to, eyes open or not.

“Whenever you’re ready, sweetheart,” Eli said. “Haven’t got all day.”

“Yes, we do, and that’s even more unfortunate,” I muttered, my voice low enough not to betray my words.

“Play nice,” Niko’s voice clicked over the intercom, the sensitivity of the microphone giving away my snark to the watchful big brother. I growled. Why did everyone have the same fritzy intercom system? The feedback noise made me itch. Another shock of adrenaline coursed through me.

“It’s supposed to be subtle, Eli,” I said through clenched teeth. “You egging me on is not exactly setting me up for success.”

“You should be able to do this in high-stress situations,” Eli countered. “Not everyone is going to go nicely when they feel their emotions being manipulated.”

“I wish I were a dream walker right now, so I could take you under and leave you there,” I spit back at her, her animosity coloring my own feelings instead of the other way around.

Eli laughed, her arms and legs crossed. Her right leg bounced lazily on top of the other, and all outward appearances pointed to her calm and affable attitude. At the end of her laugh, however, I caught a slight hiccup. Fear.

Had Eli dealt with a dream walker before? I couldn’t think of a reason why she would have crossed paths with Adair, but it wasn’t like he was the only one. Maybe being a creep ran in Adair’s family.

Just like that, Eli’s tiny flicker of doubt was the in I needed. There was always a chink in the armor, especially if the armor seemed impenetrable. I opened my own barriers a little, allowing my consciousness to walk in through the opening Eli had unwittingly left.

Waves of pictures flooded me, and I pawed through them quickly, finding an innocent one. Even if Eli was being a complete bitch, I didn’t need to ruin her day. The exercise was meant for practice for me, and I didn’t want to abuse the privilege. Just because Eli was a pill did not mean I needed to stoop to her level. I would save my destructive capabilities for the real bad people.

I was tempted, though.

I thumbed through one memory that I thought would suffice. It was a young girl playing with a puppy.

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