Mystic Militia (Shadow Assassins 2) by Cyndi Friberg

Author:Cyndi Friberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: futuristic, futuristic romance, sci fi romance, cindy friberg, shadow assassins
Publisher: Anything-but-Ordinary Books

Chapter Seven

“And that was perfect again.” Lor watched a relieved smile part Tori’s lips with a mixture of pride and frustration. In less than four hours the accuracy of her predictions had gradually increased until she’d correctly identified each lie he told her. “As Charlotte said, it’s not a matter of skill, only of believing in your gift.” They sat at the table in the guest bungalow. The unassuming room was starting to feel comfortable, but Lor suspected it had more to do with his companion than his surroundings. Years of training and mental discipline had taught him not to overanalyze the developments in his life. Some things happened because of choices he made while others seemed almost preordained. He wasn’t sure why he felt connected to Tori. He only knew that the connection was real.

“It’s hard to believe in any of this. Two days ago I thought I was an ordinary human with zero paranormal abilities and now I’m on a different planet perfecting the art of being a human polygraph machine.”

“Polygraph machines are not as accurate as you, my love.” She looked away as she heard the endearment and Lor wanted to shake her. She’d been withdrawn all morning, emotionally distant and verbally stingy. What had happened to the feisty spitfire he’d tackled in Angie’s apartment? “What’s wrong?”

“Why do you think something’s wrong?”

“You were playful and happy when you woke up this morning but ever since I mentioned Echo, you’ve been…sad.” Sad wasn’t accurate, but he couldn’t pinpoint the emotion, or emotions, keeping her separate from him. “Did I upset you by mentioning someone else after your amazing good morning?”

“No.” She closed her eyes and averted her face. As if one or the other weren’t enough to make her point for her.

Unwilling to let it go, he reached across the table and covered her hands with his. “Talk to me.”

“You’ll just tell me it doesn’t matter, but I know better.”

“What doesn’t matter?” He could extract the answer with a simple scan, but he needed her to trust him enough to share her feelings. Without trust, their connection was doomed to shrivel and die. And that was not what he wanted.

She finally looked at him and the shame and misery he read in her gaze broke his heart. “Even while my mother was alive we struggled to get by, but after she died things got ugly. I could barely support myself much less take care of a demanding teenager. I did the best I could, but…we had nothing. And that’s not an exaggeration. We shopped in thrift stores and accepted food from charities.”

He wasn’t sure where she was going with the retrospective, so he just nodded and caressed her hands.

“I felt so inadequate. So alone.” She whispered the last phrase as she looked away. This wasn’t a play for attention. She was genuinely tormented by these memories. “I wanted to help Angie. I knew she was in pain, but everything I tried only made her more rebellious, more defiant.”

“Tori, you were little more than a child yourself.

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