Tegan's Power (The Ultimate Power Series #4) by Cosway L.H

Author:Cosway, L.H. [Cosway, L.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Pick a Number

Finn

Okay, so even though I can’t really see Tegan through all that purple shit, I can still tell that she’s upset. It’s something about the way she’s kneeling on the ground, her back turned to us. I can feel her hopelessness as though it’s a tangible thing.

The poor girl has been through a lot these past few years, and what happened to her dad was fairly high on the fucked up scale, especially since he’s the only true family she has left. I’m thinking that Emilia doesn’t exactly count.

For a moment I think she’s not actually going to return, but then she stands up, brushes herself off and walks straight back through the barrier.

“Dad’s still not better yet. Edwards said it’ll be another couple of weeks before he’s up to talking to me,” she tells us, not meeting any of our eyes – and hers are looking distinctly red.

Her words are laced with disappointment and I realise she must have really gotten her hopes up that maybe he would be cured already. I throw my arm around her shoulders and give her a tender squeeze.

“Cheer up, Charlie. It could always be worse.”

She nods quietly and we walk back to the van. When we reach it I decide to go for a drive instead of heading straight back to Cristescu’s. I drive to a spot I like to go to sometimes, which is a deserted old farmer’s field on the outskirts of the city.

“By the way, everyone’s invited to a party at Crimson tonight. The vampires are throwing it for Ethan, sort of like a welcome home thing,” says Tegan.

“Yeah, I’m so not going to that,” I tell her.

“You can count me out, too,” Gabriel adds.

“Oh come on, it might be fun for us to blow off some steam.”

“I’m not in the habit of blowing off steam around vamps I’ve tried to kill and who’ve tried to kill me. It’s just not clever. And anyway, I know a better way of blowing off steam.”

Tegan raises an eyebrow, instantly thinking I’m making an innuendo. “Finn…”

“Ah, now, look where your filthy mind wanders,” I say shushing her. “I meant something else. You’ll see.”

I stop once we reach the stretch of road beside the empty field and go around to the back of the van. Taking out a hand gun, I give it to Tegan.

“You know how to use this?” I ask her.

“I have a fair idea.”

“Good, let’s go.”

I walk to the middle of the field and begin shooting into the distance with my Benelli M4. There’s absolutely nothing to hit and it’s sort of liberating. I like the sensation of letting the bullets loose, kind of the same way some people love bursting the bubbles in bubble wrap. When I’m done I turn to look at Tegan and she’s staring at me cynically.

“Sometimes, Finn Roe, I think you might truly believe you live in a Martin Scorsese film.”

I shrug. “Try it.”

Gabriel and Alvie are sitting on the hood of the van, their arms linked as they watch us.

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