Tormented (Evolution Series Book 2) by Kelly Carrero

our room. I really didn’t want anyone else hearing what I was thinking. But Aiden, of course, already knew. Our minds were connected no matter how far apart we were. Well, it was more of a one way thing at the moment because Aiden kept his mind block up at home. But that just meant that he knew I wouldn’t want Lucas coming up there before I had a grip on myself.
    What I needed was a coffee. That meant I had to find the kitchen. I still had no idea where the kitchen was, but it was getting close to midday, so Bernard would probably be preparing lunch.
    Closing my eyes, I thought of the grey-haired man. When I opened them, I was staring at the man himself. “Morning, Miss Sommers ,” Bernard said in his proper English accent.
    “Morning, Berny ,” I replied, which got an eyebrow raise from him and a laugh from someone behind me.
    I turned around to find Lucas sitting on the breakfast bar with a bottle of Coke in his hand. “Yeah, how’s it going, Berny ?” Lucas teased.
    “Oh, shut up,” Bernard quipped, finally breaking his act of the butler who called everyone sir, ma’am, and miss. Oh, and who could forget the master?
    “Aiden was right,” I said with a laugh. “He said that you weren’t really like that, and that it was all just an act.”
    “Okay, you got me,” Bernie admitted, dropping the proper English accent. “So what is it I can get you? I’m sure you didn’t just come in here to say hi.”
    “You got that right, Berny ,” Lucas said with a smile. “The lady would like a coffee.”
    “Don’t call me a lady,” I said a little too forcefully. “It makes me sound old.”
    “She is a feisty one, isn’t she?” Berny said to Lucas, then turned around and got to making my coffee.
    “Yep, they did warn us about her,” Lucas said with a straight face.
    Aiden came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. “Don’t listen to them. I would never say that about you.”
    Lucas cracked up laughing. “And that’s why you’re nodding your head behind her back.”
    I gave a quick elbow jab into Aiden’s stomach.
    Aiden laughed. “And there you go proving them right.”
    I threw up my hands in defeat. “I’m not going to win this one, am I?”
    “Nope,” Lucas said before taking a swish from his drink.
    Berny handed me a coffee. With a proper English accent and a smirk, he said, “There you go, ma’am.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Thanks.” I took the mug from his hands. Turning to Aiden, I asked, “So are we gonna watch a movie now or what?”
    “You’re the boss,” Aiden said.
    Lucas made a whipping-cracking sound.
    Aiden laughed. “Yep, I’m whipped and proud.”
    The three of us made our way downstairs to the cinema room. And I found out why everyone in the house teleports all the time… because it took so long to walk anywhere.
    We sat in the middle row because, according to Lucas, that was the best spot for the ultimate cinema experience. After listening to Lucas go on and on about wanting to watch Transformers , Aiden and I caved and let him have his way. Lucas really did seem to be nothing like his sister. He was a little annoying, but in a fun way. He had a certain charisma that drew me to him. I couldn’t help but like him.
    Bernard dropped off some pizzas and drinks, and we were just settling in to the beginning of the movie when an uninvited guest appeared at the bottom of the stairs.
    “You could have waited for me before you started the movie,” Georgia said, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
    “We didn’t know you were joining us,” Aiden said, looking at Lucas to see whether he had invited his sister.
    Lucas shrugged. “I didn’t invite her.”
    “Neither did I,” I said under my breath.
    Aiden straightened in his seat and pressed the pause button on the remote. I could tell he was uncomfortable with Georgia and me being in the same room, especially with how things had gone on our first meeting. He was probably thinking that one of us might shoot off her