Not after last night.
She wanted to roll over and die on the spot
when he told her they were going to lose each other someday. Her
heart couldn’t take another word. How could she keep him close,
knowing their inevitable future?
She slipped her cell phone out and texted, Meet me on the beach, now.
Navy curtains rustled in Alexander’s bedroom
window, and she wondered if he knew she was there. She glanced at
the flawless, tan skin of her arm and remembered him healing her.
What she wouldn’t do to feel his energy caressing each nerve under
her skin.
“Gaby, what is it?” Sammy spoke over the
crashing waves and building wind.
“I had to talk to you.” Gaby’s arms erupted
in goose bumps from the cold, damp air. The dream had distracted
her enough that she’d forgotten about the temperature dropping. It
would be eighty degrees by the afternoon, though.
“Come on, let’s go inside. You’re cold.”
Sammy offered her hand, but Gaby stood firm.
“No, I can’t.”
Sammy narrowed her eyes at her. “What
happened between you and Alex last night? He was so depressed I
thought he’d lose his ability to fly again.”
She longed to see him; maybe she’d been too
hasty at sending him away, but she couldn’t listen to any more
about their fates taking different paths. “It doesn’t matter right
now.”
It did matter. Heaven wouldn’t be that
cruel. When they found Boon safe, she’d go talk to Grace and find a
way for them to Soulbond.
“Gaby—”
“Boon’s in danger. Real danger. Look.” Gaby
shoved the picture at Sammy and watched her eyes shoot wide at the
image.
“This can’t be true. Boon can’t be hurt, not
like this.” Sammy studied the picture, her face paling.
“That’s why I didn’t call you. I knew that
you’d have to see the picture to understand. Sammy, it was from a
vision.”
Sammy didn’t say anything she stood there
swaying with a tight grip on the paper. “Gaby, we’ve misinterpreted
these pictures before. There must be another explanation.”
“I saw three demons in my vision. Not just
any old kind of minion from hell, but the largest I’ve ever
imagined. Evil oozed from them. The main one grew in front of my
eyes to over ten feet tall. Boon looked like a child next to him.”
Her heart sped at the memory of those monsters.
“Then what happened?” Sammy clutched the arm
she’d been shot in the night before, but only a slight pain
remained after Alexander healed her.
“Everything blurred then I saw Boon on the
ground like he is in the picture.”
“Oh, God.” Sammy cupped her mouth.
“Where is Boon now?” Gaby clutched her
friend’s hand. Her usual fun and light expression replaced by a
grief stricken pull of her lips. “We need to warn him.”
“I don’t know. He didn’t come home last
night. The demons…he went to check out their coven, but he hasn’t
returned.”
Gaby remembered Alexander rushing out the
door to find Sammy and Grace when the hunters attacked a demon.
She’d been so distraught about learning her fate with Alexander
that she never followed up with them. Alexander had texted that all
was fine, but she never even replied. Instead she’d turned off her
phone. “Sammy, what happened with the hunter’s last night?”
“They caught a demon then headed out of
town. Boon stayed out there to keep watch and find the rest of the
coven.”
“Go find Grace.” Gaby forced the uncertainty
from her voice. Sammy needed her to be strong. “I’ll get my father,
and we’ll all search for him. Don’t worry Sammy. He’ll be
fine.”
“He has to be. I can’t be separated from him
again.” Sammy whimpered. “The minute we find him we are going to
Soulbond. No more taking chances.”
Gaby wanted to fall on her knees and cry,
curse the heavens for their cruelty, but somehow she needed to find
the strength to help Sammy find Boon. After everything she’d done,
Gaby couldn’t let Sammy down. But once they found him, Gaby would
demand to
She wanted to roll over and die on the spot
when he told her they were going to lose each other someday. Her
heart couldn’t take another word. How could she keep him close,
knowing their inevitable future?
She slipped her cell phone out and texted, Meet me on the beach, now.
Navy curtains rustled in Alexander’s bedroom
window, and she wondered if he knew she was there. She glanced at
the flawless, tan skin of her arm and remembered him healing her.
What she wouldn’t do to feel his energy caressing each nerve under
her skin.
“Gaby, what is it?” Sammy spoke over the
crashing waves and building wind.
“I had to talk to you.” Gaby’s arms erupted
in goose bumps from the cold, damp air. The dream had distracted
her enough that she’d forgotten about the temperature dropping. It
would be eighty degrees by the afternoon, though.
“Come on, let’s go inside. You’re cold.”
Sammy offered her hand, but Gaby stood firm.
“No, I can’t.”
Sammy narrowed her eyes at her. “What
happened between you and Alex last night? He was so depressed I
thought he’d lose his ability to fly again.”
She longed to see him; maybe she’d been too
hasty at sending him away, but she couldn’t listen to any more
about their fates taking different paths. “It doesn’t matter right
now.”
It did matter. Heaven wouldn’t be that
cruel. When they found Boon safe, she’d go talk to Grace and find a
way for them to Soulbond.
“Gaby—”
“Boon’s in danger. Real danger. Look.” Gaby
shoved the picture at Sammy and watched her eyes shoot wide at the
image.
“This can’t be true. Boon can’t be hurt, not
like this.” Sammy studied the picture, her face paling.
“That’s why I didn’t call you. I knew that
you’d have to see the picture to understand. Sammy, it was from a
vision.”
Sammy didn’t say anything she stood there
swaying with a tight grip on the paper. “Gaby, we’ve misinterpreted
these pictures before. There must be another explanation.”
“I saw three demons in my vision. Not just
any old kind of minion from hell, but the largest I’ve ever
imagined. Evil oozed from them. The main one grew in front of my
eyes to over ten feet tall. Boon looked like a child next to him.”
Her heart sped at the memory of those monsters.
“Then what happened?” Sammy clutched the arm
she’d been shot in the night before, but only a slight pain
remained after Alexander healed her.
“Everything blurred then I saw Boon on the
ground like he is in the picture.”
“Oh, God.” Sammy cupped her mouth.
“Where is Boon now?” Gaby clutched her
friend’s hand. Her usual fun and light expression replaced by a
grief stricken pull of her lips. “We need to warn him.”
“I don’t know. He didn’t come home last
night. The demons…he went to check out their coven, but he hasn’t
returned.”
Gaby remembered Alexander rushing out the
door to find Sammy and Grace when the hunters attacked a demon.
She’d been so distraught about learning her fate with Alexander
that she never followed up with them. Alexander had texted that all
was fine, but she never even replied. Instead she’d turned off her
phone. “Sammy, what happened with the hunter’s last night?”
“They caught a demon then headed out of
town. Boon stayed out there to keep watch and find the rest of the
coven.”
“Go find Grace.” Gaby forced the uncertainty
from her voice. Sammy needed her to be strong. “I’ll get my father,
and we’ll all search for him. Don’t worry Sammy. He’ll be
fine.”
“He has to be. I can’t be separated from him
again.” Sammy whimpered. “The minute we find him we are going to
Soulbond. No more taking chances.”
Gaby wanted to fall on her knees and cry,
curse the heavens for their cruelty, but somehow she needed to find
the strength to help Sammy find Boon. After everything she’d done,
Gaby couldn’t let Sammy down. But once they found him, Gaby would
demand to
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