Fated by Sophie Davis

Author:Sophie Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Davis
Published: 2018-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Erik

“Mom,” I whispered.

Talia’s head popped up. Even Ian’s eyes went wide. I touched my mother’s name on the holoscreen, shocked to see it on one of Danbury McDonough’s family tree files. For a moment, it seemed like the small act might transcend the worlds of the living and dead. The existence of my mother was something I never thought about, I couldn’t. It had been so long since I’d heard her name, and even longer since I’d seen it written.

“Erik,” Tals breathed, her right hand covering her heart. Her eyes widened. “I didn’t know your mother’s maiden name was Aris.”

“Get out of my head,” I snapped, the anger flaring up inside of me so fast that the outburst was unavoidable.

The intrusion shouldn’t have bothered me as much as it did. Like it or not, Talia just couldn’t help using her abilities in certain situations.

“Your emotional outputs spiked, I was worried,” Talia shot back. Her anger was more controlled than mine but bubbled just below the surface.

“Easy, everyone,” Crane said calmly, hands raised to show he at least was no threat.

I ignored him, but Talia’s glare held so much heat it was a wonder Ian didn’t burst into flames. Had I not been so worked up, I might have noticed then that I was not the only person on her shit list.

Things went downhill from there. Everything I’d pushed down in the last thirty-six hours—all the emotions from one disaster after another and another—clawed to the surface and spewed from my mouth.

“For as much time as you spend in other people’s heads, I’d think you might understand people better,” I spat, suddenly on my feet. Adrenaline coursed through my veins as though readying for a fight.

My words were barbs meant to inflict pain, and they did. Talia bristled. Her hackles rose, both figuratively and literally. A part of me wanted to apologize, while another part craved the inevitable fight on the horizon. I didn’t think about the other inhabitants of the house in that moment. The animal inside of me screamed for release, bloodlust consuming me from the inside out.

Then, my girlfriend did something so unexpected, my shock quieted the rage. Instead of yelling back, Tals stood and plastered a forced smile on her face.

She stood and looked between Ian and me, acid green venom in her violet gaze.

“I need some air. Maybe by the time I return, I’ll know a little more about people,” she said calmly. Too calmly.

Shit.

With that, Tals strode from the room. Awkward silence trailed in her wake.

Nothing else left to do, I turned and punched the closest wall. I needed physical release. I needed to feel a physical pain that would temporarily distract from the emotional agony I’d just inflicted on the love of my life. Needing to quiet the voices demanding blood, I hit the wall again. The skin over my knuckles split. My hand throbbed when I flexed my fingers to assess the damage. Nothing was broken. A part of me wanted to pound on that stupid wall until a bone did crack.

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