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someone.”
I felt my eyebrows shoot up. “You can do that?” I was amazed. “But I thought you could only enhance someone else’s energy.”
“I can do that too.”
“Huh…” I muttered, processing the possibilities. “Can all channelers do that ?”
He shrugged. “Not that I’ve seen.”
I couldn’t believe how blasé he was being but w hen he spoke again , I understood why. He was thinking of me.
“Remember when you were recovering…in the bayou? I had to be careful not to give you too much.”
“Why? What happens in that case?”
“You die.”
“Oh, well, thanks for being cautious about it then,” I joked light-heartedly, tilting my head back and chuckling at the ceiling.
“I’m always cautious with you,” he replied, far more serious than I was.
The sincerity in his voice made my head drop. “I’m not a delicate flower, Jameson.”
He laughed under his breath. “No, you are definitely not that. You are far more powerful than even you know.” I figured he was referring to me as possibly being The Relicuum and the mere mention of it made me withdraw . Thankfully, I didn’t show it. “What I mean is... the history between our families…the feud…I don’t want you in the middle of that anymore.”
“I won’t be… they’re not fighting,” I reminded him , with a teasing smile.
He followed my reaction , but it was only out of courtesy. When it quickly fell away, I knew this was important to him.
“You are in the middle of it, Jocelyn.” He declared this with such confidence I didn’t try to refute it. “But this time you’re not standing between our families as we fight it out. Right now, you’re standing in the middle of Vires, The Seven’s personal army, who are looking for the ones who killed their accomplices. And when they find out that it was us, our two families, they will know – they will have the confirmation they are looking for – that we are together.” He paused as the images in his mind became too intense and a mixture of anger, resentment, and trepidation washed across his face. My chest sank at this sight . “I’m constantly trying to figure out a way to keep you out of it , but…” He sighed in aggravation. “You’re so unbelievably strong and still incredibly vulnerable…and that’s something I haven’t been able to get you to understand.”
I slipped my arms around his waist, reveling at the feel of his torso. He was warm and solid as stone. “You’re worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet.”
“So that I can be prepared for when it does,” he replied , somberly. “We can’t underestimate them. We were caught off guard this time. We can’t be next time.”
“I’m not sure I understand you.”
He squinted , curiously. “You’ll see what I mean in a few minutes.”
“Why? What happens in a few minutes?”
He didn’t look all that happy to tell me but he did, although unenthusiastically.
“Tonight…you’re going to see exactly what the Vires are capable of.” He paused , waiting for my reaction.
Having no idea what awaited us, I didn’t know how to react. I almost said the first thing that came to mind, which was, of course, sarcastic: “Sounds like fun…” But I stopped myself when an image of Olivia’s store flashed through my mind. I’d seen it destroyed once before with chunks of the wall s missing, shelves collapsed all throughout, and piles of broken, unidentifiable objects littering the path to the door. Olivia’s store was where Jameson and I first met, the place we learned that we were fated lovers. It didn’t matter that Jameson and I had been the cause of its demolition before. It held a unique place in my heart and if the Vires destroyed one thing in that store… if Olivia herself were hurt…
“We’re wasting time,” I blurted before my thoughts could continue down the path they were going.
“I need to warn you… the injuries we’ve healed at hospitals, clinics, the
I felt my eyebrows shoot up. “You can do that?” I was amazed. “But I thought you could only enhance someone else’s energy.”
“I can do that too.”
“Huh…” I muttered, processing the possibilities. “Can all channelers do that ?”
He shrugged. “Not that I’ve seen.”
I couldn’t believe how blasé he was being but w hen he spoke again , I understood why. He was thinking of me.
“Remember when you were recovering…in the bayou? I had to be careful not to give you too much.”
“Why? What happens in that case?”
“You die.”
“Oh, well, thanks for being cautious about it then,” I joked light-heartedly, tilting my head back and chuckling at the ceiling.
“I’m always cautious with you,” he replied, far more serious than I was.
The sincerity in his voice made my head drop. “I’m not a delicate flower, Jameson.”
He laughed under his breath. “No, you are definitely not that. You are far more powerful than even you know.” I figured he was referring to me as possibly being The Relicuum and the mere mention of it made me withdraw . Thankfully, I didn’t show it. “What I mean is... the history between our families…the feud…I don’t want you in the middle of that anymore.”
“I won’t be… they’re not fighting,” I reminded him , with a teasing smile.
He followed my reaction , but it was only out of courtesy. When it quickly fell away, I knew this was important to him.
“You are in the middle of it, Jocelyn.” He declared this with such confidence I didn’t try to refute it. “But this time you’re not standing between our families as we fight it out. Right now, you’re standing in the middle of Vires, The Seven’s personal army, who are looking for the ones who killed their accomplices. And when they find out that it was us, our two families, they will know – they will have the confirmation they are looking for – that we are together.” He paused as the images in his mind became too intense and a mixture of anger, resentment, and trepidation washed across his face. My chest sank at this sight . “I’m constantly trying to figure out a way to keep you out of it , but…” He sighed in aggravation. “You’re so unbelievably strong and still incredibly vulnerable…and that’s something I haven’t been able to get you to understand.”
I slipped my arms around his waist, reveling at the feel of his torso. He was warm and solid as stone. “You’re worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet.”
“So that I can be prepared for when it does,” he replied , somberly. “We can’t underestimate them. We were caught off guard this time. We can’t be next time.”
“I’m not sure I understand you.”
He squinted , curiously. “You’ll see what I mean in a few minutes.”
“Why? What happens in a few minutes?”
He didn’t look all that happy to tell me but he did, although unenthusiastically.
“Tonight…you’re going to see exactly what the Vires are capable of.” He paused , waiting for my reaction.
Having no idea what awaited us, I didn’t know how to react. I almost said the first thing that came to mind, which was, of course, sarcastic: “Sounds like fun…” But I stopped myself when an image of Olivia’s store flashed through my mind. I’d seen it destroyed once before with chunks of the wall s missing, shelves collapsed all throughout, and piles of broken, unidentifiable objects littering the path to the door. Olivia’s store was where Jameson and I first met, the place we learned that we were fated lovers. It didn’t matter that Jameson and I had been the cause of its demolition before. It held a unique place in my heart and if the Vires destroyed one thing in that store… if Olivia herself were hurt…
“We’re wasting time,” I blurted before my thoughts could continue down the path they were going.
“I need to warn you… the injuries we’ve healed at hospitals, clinics, the
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