It also gave me an idea on how to help Viktor. “Squish, can you call the acupuncturist? Bubba just gave me an idea about Viktor. Also, I was able to see what he could see when I just went fishing in his head, so I’m gonna need to do that to you the next time you see a little demon riding shotgun on somebody’s shoulder.” Ivan laughed loudly, which made me struggle not to laugh, because it looked like he wasn’t talking to anybody. “My bad,” I thought.
“What did you do to Ivan, solnishko?” Adrik thought. I caught his se xy smirk on his face as he pretended to listen to Viktor.
“I have an idea on how to help Viktor. I also said I wanted to see what it looks when a demon is riding shotgun on a person and now I know how,”I answered.
Adrik was much more in control. I could hear him laughing internally. When ooked at him, he looked like he was still listening to Viktor, who was going through the information the journalist had given Chen on the mayor a the police commissioner.
As everyone started to pay attention to Viktor, the mood turned more serious. Our suspicions were confirmed by the journalist. It was Henry, not the mayor, that was dirty. However, it appeared that he hadn’t been on the take as long as we thought. From what the journalist could find, Sal had only recently gotten to Henry. We still weren’t sure what he was doing with the information on Ricardo, but we could still get that information to the mayor, along with this new information on Henry, and get them both taken can of. Along with a win in the next election for the mayor.
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“So how do we get to the mayor without Henry finding out?” Misha asked.
“I might actually be able to help with that,” Chen said. He looked somewhat nervous to interject. “How?” Adrik asked.
“Well, since you were gracious enough to take me on as a contractor on your latest building project, word has gotten around. I have a crew starting at job at the mayor’s house next week. I’m meeting with him Monday morning before we get started. I can get information to and from him and no one will ever know.”
“Fuck ing sh it, Chen. You’ve been a criminal mastermind this entire time and you’re only just now telling us?” I said, trying not to laugh.
“I could say the same for you, my girl,” he said, laughing.
The guys started to discuss the logistics of getting information to and from the mayor through Chen. What that looked like, how it would work, and how he could get information to us. Once they agreed upon a plan, Chen said his goodbyes and left Adrik’s office, leaving the guys to discuss the latest information we’d received.
I was still frustrated with having to deal with yet another reversal of loyalty when it came to Henry. I was chewing on my bottom lip, staring off into space while I thought about how irritating it was to not be able to trust anyone. I suddenly noticed that everyone had stopped talking and they were all looking at me, with very amused expressions on their face.
“How many times do I have to tell you that spontaneous human combustion is a real thing, gazelle?” Misha asked.
“What? I’m not even that mad right now?” I said, somewhat confused.
“Your idea of “not that mad” and mine are clearly different,” Stephen said.
“Your eyes say differently,” Viktor said.
“That’s not fair. You know these things have a mind of their own now, right? I’m just slightly irritated,” I said.
Adrik walked to me, smirking. He wrapped his arms around my waist as he stood behind me and rested his chin on top of my head. “She’s not lying.” This is barely anything for her. You guys are just becoming really sensitive to being able to feel her now. You’ll soon get used to it. This is like a 1-2 on her scale. Once you feel her 10 a few more times, you’ll be able to differentiate,” he said. I could hear him smiling as he talked.
“I still don’t understand how you don’t kill everyone,” Stephen said quietly. “I beginning to wonder if Vlad learned his scorched Earth policy from you.”
Sephie
Ivan arranged for the acupuncturist to come to the penthouse. It had been a while since she’d worked on me. My lung was continually getting better, but I was still struggling with controlling my panic if I struggled to catch my breath. I was more interested, however, in asking her questions about Andrei’s gift and how it could pertain to Viktor.
Once she and I were in the room alone, she said, “your connection with all of them is much stronger now. But there’s one that’s still resisting?”
I smiled at her. She always knew. “That’s actually why you’re here. He knows that I’m the one that’s been helping people discover what their gifts are, so he’s been avoiding me. He’s also very careful what he thinks around me since he found out I can read his mind. He’s been grieving the loss of his wife. I keep saying that’s why he’s resisting, but now I think he might just be scared.”
She held her hand out for mine, gently pressing on the spot in between my thumb and forefinger. She closed her eyes, reading all the information she would need from me like she always did. She had a small smile on her lips when she opened her eyes again. “Your connection with Ivan is much deeper this time. You can communicate with him much like you communicate with your fianc?, no?” I nodded. “We haven’t told the others yet. We’ve almost been caught already because I can’t help myself from saying st upid stuff that makes them laugh.”
She laughed softly. “The others won’t mind. They know there’s a special bond with you three, even if they’re not aware they know it. The one who is like you he’s seen me for who I really am?” don’t think he saw your wings, but he sees auras. I have questions about that, actually. We think Viktor’s gift has something to do with fixing people or healing people, since they all seem to be opposites of each other in some way. We just found out that Stephen breaks people, so it makes sense that Viktor would fix them. The only one that’s truly different is Misha, who can see the future and the past,” I said. She started putting the needles where they needed to go as she thought about what I’d just said. She put her hand over my ribs. “You’re still struggling to catch your breath sometimes?” I nodded. “It also makes me have a panic attack when it happens, which makes it worse. I’ve never had to deal with that before so I don’t know how to control it. They all feel it, too.”
She looked at me, then looked at the door, then back to me. She said quietly, your ribs are still not completely healed either. It’s a constant reminder of the pain you went through. It’s hard to heal from something when you get to relief from it. I will fix it.” She silently went to work, putting more needles over the area than usual. Once she was finished turning me into a pin cu shion, she said, “the one who is like you can he see the holes in people’s auras?”
I nodded. “I’ve seen what he sees. It looks like dark spots.”
“There are ways to heal one’s aura, but none of them are quick fixes. All of them require the person to do deep work on themselves. While you might still be right about the last one’s gift, I’m not certain how it would work, without him needing an extra boost from us,” she said.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.