darkness close around me and I couldn't stand any longer. I fell to my knees as a splitting pain shot through my head. I felt like I was dying. This was the end.
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"Dimitri!" I heard Gwen's voice in my mind. Normally I would have just played it off to be my imagination, but the pain in her voice, it sounded so real. I felt out for the connection that had woven from me to her since I had arrived here. The longer i stayed the stronger it became. That's how it was when an angel became attached to a human, allowed to love or not.
Forcing myself to feel her end of the strand, I couldn't sense anything. There was no familiar buzzing at the end like I was used to. Her energy sang to me when she was awake. There was a possibility she was just asleep, but just moments before she called my name, she had been ecstatic. Something bad had happened, I needed to find her. Now!
♀
"There she is!"
"Oh my God! Is she okay?!"
I felt strong hands shaking my shoulders and I opened my eyes to see Adrian's worried ones. Behind him stood Dimitri and some girl I had never seen before. Was she an angel too? Did she know about me? I let him lift me into his arms.
"Why were you out here?" Dimitri demanded.
When I tried to speak, I couldn't remember what I was doing out here or how I ended up passed out on the ground. I couldn't speak, so I reached out to Dimitri so I could tell him with my thoughts that I couldn't remember. I saw the hurt clear in Adrian's eyes as I grabbed Dimitri's hand, but as soon as I touched it, I jerked back. Memories crashing in on me. I remembered what I had done to the water. I remembered that right before I blacked out I had a vision.
"Well, I have really bad news," Adrian said stroking the side of my face while holding me with one arm, "your house, it burned down. I was so scared that you were still in it when it set fire."
"I know," I rasped, finally finding my voice. Dimitri's hand was suddenly on mine and I knew he wanted to know how I already found out, so I showed him the vision.
"You had a vision, you have the gift of Praescitum ..." he whispered. Suddenly his hand jerked back, and I knew he had seen her. Jayne. Walking away from my burning house with a smile on her face.
"Why would she have done this?!" I asked, standing in front of my house that was burning before my eyes as dozens of firefighters tried to put it out.
"Miss, do you have anywhere else to live until insurance can help?"
"Yes, she can stay with me," Dimitri said as he stepped up and shook the man's hand.
"Us," Adrian corrected stepping up beside his "cousin." "She can stay with us."
I jumped when a small hand grabbed my arm from behind. It was the petite girl that was with them in the woods.
"Hi, I'm Venus. I was sent to help train you. Dimitri and I will be training you to help with your powers!" She exclaimed.
"Dimitri?" Why couldn't it be Adrian?
"Yes, Dimitri, silly! Why not?" she giggled excitedly.
"Oh, no, reason..." I trailed off, walking back to where the two boys stood arguing with each other. "Ahem!" I cleared my throat loud enough for both to hear.
"Come on, let's go," Adrian said, brushing past Dimitri and grabbing my arm to lead me to his car.
"Have you forgotten we all rode here together?" Dimitri called after us.
"No, actually, I was hoping you would,"Adrian yelled over his shoulder. I laughed under my breath as we continued walking.
The drive home was stressful under the watchful eye of Dimitri. Every time Adrian would reach to grab my hand, Dimitri would lean forward and "casually" lay his arm between us while speaking. I just couldn't understand why he was so against me and Adrian. Was he trying to protect Adrian? I wasn't going to hurt him!
"Why were you out there so late in the first place?" Adrian asked me, once I was sitting on the couch in their living room.
"I don't want to talk about it, and don't you dare think about trying to read my mind," I said, glaring at Dimitri.
"We
♂
"Dimitri!" I heard Gwen's voice in my mind. Normally I would have just played it off to be my imagination, but the pain in her voice, it sounded so real. I felt out for the connection that had woven from me to her since I had arrived here. The longer i stayed the stronger it became. That's how it was when an angel became attached to a human, allowed to love or not.
Forcing myself to feel her end of the strand, I couldn't sense anything. There was no familiar buzzing at the end like I was used to. Her energy sang to me when she was awake. There was a possibility she was just asleep, but just moments before she called my name, she had been ecstatic. Something bad had happened, I needed to find her. Now!
♀
"There she is!"
"Oh my God! Is she okay?!"
I felt strong hands shaking my shoulders and I opened my eyes to see Adrian's worried ones. Behind him stood Dimitri and some girl I had never seen before. Was she an angel too? Did she know about me? I let him lift me into his arms.
"Why were you out here?" Dimitri demanded.
When I tried to speak, I couldn't remember what I was doing out here or how I ended up passed out on the ground. I couldn't speak, so I reached out to Dimitri so I could tell him with my thoughts that I couldn't remember. I saw the hurt clear in Adrian's eyes as I grabbed Dimitri's hand, but as soon as I touched it, I jerked back. Memories crashing in on me. I remembered what I had done to the water. I remembered that right before I blacked out I had a vision.
"Well, I have really bad news," Adrian said stroking the side of my face while holding me with one arm, "your house, it burned down. I was so scared that you were still in it when it set fire."
"I know," I rasped, finally finding my voice. Dimitri's hand was suddenly on mine and I knew he wanted to know how I already found out, so I showed him the vision.
"You had a vision, you have the gift of Praescitum ..." he whispered. Suddenly his hand jerked back, and I knew he had seen her. Jayne. Walking away from my burning house with a smile on her face.
"Why would she have done this?!" I asked, standing in front of my house that was burning before my eyes as dozens of firefighters tried to put it out.
"Miss, do you have anywhere else to live until insurance can help?"
"Yes, she can stay with me," Dimitri said as he stepped up and shook the man's hand.
"Us," Adrian corrected stepping up beside his "cousin." "She can stay with us."
I jumped when a small hand grabbed my arm from behind. It was the petite girl that was with them in the woods.
"Hi, I'm Venus. I was sent to help train you. Dimitri and I will be training you to help with your powers!" She exclaimed.
"Dimitri?" Why couldn't it be Adrian?
"Yes, Dimitri, silly! Why not?" she giggled excitedly.
"Oh, no, reason..." I trailed off, walking back to where the two boys stood arguing with each other. "Ahem!" I cleared my throat loud enough for both to hear.
"Come on, let's go," Adrian said, brushing past Dimitri and grabbing my arm to lead me to his car.
"Have you forgotten we all rode here together?" Dimitri called after us.
"No, actually, I was hoping you would,"Adrian yelled over his shoulder. I laughed under my breath as we continued walking.
The drive home was stressful under the watchful eye of Dimitri. Every time Adrian would reach to grab my hand, Dimitri would lean forward and "casually" lay his arm between us while speaking. I just couldn't understand why he was so against me and Adrian. Was he trying to protect Adrian? I wasn't going to hurt him!
"Why were you out there so late in the first place?" Adrian asked me, once I was sitting on the couch in their living room.
"I don't want to talk about it, and don't you dare think about trying to read my mind," I said, glaring at Dimitri.
"We
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