Meta Marshal Service 2 by B. N. Miles

Author:B. N. Miles [Miles, B. N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-14T06:00:00+00:00

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Jared could barely get back to sleep that night. Cassie rolled over in bed and blinked up at him as he pulled the sheet over his tense body. She mumbled something, then put her arms around him and went back to snoring.

He stared at the ceiling for what felt like hours.

Jessalene stayed in her own room. He didn’t know what that meant, but if she needed some space, she could have it. He understood why she might have been angry, but he hoped that she could start to see past it.

Lumi wasn’t the Medlar family. He had to keep telling himself that. He knew what it was like to be in a Magi family better than anyone else, and he knew how little the individual members tended to know. The family Heads had all the power and all the information, while individual members were left with vague orders and rumors to try and understand what the family was trying to accomplish.

Jared knew Lumi would be no different. She said as much herself. The Medlar used her like a Fist and nothing more. She was a weapon to them, and Jared could understand why. Being around her intense Mark made him almost uncomfortable, like a Meta aura grazing against his skin. She had the raw power and the finesse to back it up, and that was a very rare thing for a Magi.

As the night wore on, Jared kept picturing Lumi down in that extra bedroom. He felt a strange pull toward her that he couldn’t quite explain. It was a similar feeling he had around Cassie in those early days, but Lumi was different. She represented Jared’s past, the Magi life he’d left behind, and yet… here she was, running away from her own family, just like he had.

As the sky outside began to lighten, Jared got out of bed. It was just after five, another half hour until the sun really began to rise. He pulled on a shirt and sweats then headed downstairs to make coffee. He paused outside of Lumi’s room and listened for a moment, but he heard nothing, and assumed she was asleep.

Coffee began to brew as he stood staring out the back window.

He remembered what it was like in those early days, after leaving the Magi. He didn’t know the world, didn’t know how to live in it as a civilian. When he was a Magi, he had power and influence. He had a family to back him up, which meant he could do almost anything he wanted.

When he left, he had almost nothing. He had money, but no knowledge of how to live on his own. Those early days and weeks had been hard, a constant struggle with himself.

If he could support Lumi through this, he knew that he would. Even if Jessalene couldn’t get past her hatred, Jared couldn’t let Lumi go through this transition on her own. Not if he could help it.

As he poured his coffee and took a sip, a soft knock at his back door made his body go tense.

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