Chapter Seven (Tommie)
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This wasn’t normal. It wasn’t normal at all ! I shouldn’t react like this to his touch, nor should he react to mine. It was like every time we touched, my magic rushed to the surface to meet him. Impossible. It never happened with any Alter kind, why would this happen with a human ? Why would it have to be him of all people ? I’m doomed. That’s the only explanation I could come up with right now. I should make him let go but my hands were like magnets and his eyes were looked in mine, hypnotising blue lakes. I was losing this battle with my reason… But help came in a weird way: that curly-dandy guy showed up from nowhere to greet us. Esmée was accompanying him. Quickly I took my hand back before she could see it. Crap.
« What are you doing here ? », asked Niall, a bit embarrassed
« We’ve been looking for you, man » Angus said. « But you were nowhere to be found and you wouldn’t answer the phone. Esmée was really worried, you know. »
My stomach tensed. I needed to get out of here. Now. I shouldn’t have come in the first place. I was dealing with this situation all wrong from the start. I had to fix it and make better, go back to the way I used to work. Right now I was million years away from the hunter I was.
« I’m sorry, Esmée » I heard Niall say with a tender voice. « You needed me for something ? »
« No, no », she assured quickly. « You never keep the truck close so I wondered what happened. »
« So she came to me to help her find you. Which I did brilliantly by the way. »
Angus’s smile showed how much fun he was having right now. That little… I should plunge my knife in his… I couldn’t finish my thought that he let himself fall on the chair next to me, with absolutely no respect for my living space. Where was my dagger again ?
« Hope we’re not interrupting anything ? » smiled Angus
Esmee looked up at me and I barked:
« No ! »
Niall looked a bit hurt but Esmee’s relieved face mattered so much more right now. She was the priority. I stood and grabbed my bag.
« It’s time for me to go. Meal is on me », I said leaving banknotes on the table. « See you ! »
I saw that Niall was trying to stand up so I rushed outside and walked away as fast as I could. What was wrong with me ? Had my magic gone crazy ? Was it because I used blood magic on Niall ? I had no idea and it was killing me. I needed to talk to Greer and quick. She was the only one able to help me sort this out. She wasn’t going to be happy when I’ll tell her what it was all about but I had not choice now. I needed solutions or at least trails.
I remembered how desperate Niall looked when he understood there was nothing he could do. It almost broke my heart. Maybe I should wait for him to go to Greer. She would certainly refuse to see me twice so I had to kill two birds with one stone. After that, for sure, I will keep my distance with him. Of course, Oz and I will look after him from afar until we manage to discover what was attracting monsters. But the more I got involved, the more I endangered him. I quickly grabbed my phone before I changed my mind. I texted Niall to meet me tonight and I put my phone away. I won’t focus about anything else than EEA policies until then.
The afternoon felt like forever. Despite all my good intentions, words weren’t sinking in mu brain. All I could think about was how to fix this mess. My notes were exclusively dedicated to the latter. If someone read this, I’d be send to a hospital for sure. It was a relieve, though, to get out of the amphitheater. Strange when one’s know how much I love school. But I hated waiting and I needed answers now.
If I thought that I would be the first one at the meeting point, I was wrong. Niall was already there. When he saw me, he smiled. And, oh boy, what a smile it was. Why was he smiling like that to me ? I felt my cheeks burn a bit.
« Have you been waiting for long ? »
« Don’t worry, I just got here », he answered.
« Good », I said while unlocking my car. « Get in there. »
He didn’t move and asked: « Where are we going ? »
« To find answers. »
Without another word, I got inside my car and I started the engine.
« Your friend isn’t coming with us ? »
I shot a glance at him but he was looking at the window. Something in his tone was intriguing. Did he have a problem with Oz ? Well, Oz definitively had a problem with him, Niall might have noticed it. I wasn’t sure to know why Oz didn’t like him so much though. He didn’t say anything to me. He is not much of a social butterfly, just the same as me, but I never saw him openly disliking someone this way. At best, he just ignored people. While planning this meeting with Greer, I decided that it would be for the best if I kept the boys apart. Plus Oz deserved to rest too from time to time. He was always by my side, for better or for worse. Some time off was very much necessary.
« No, he is not. »
« Who is he ? Your boyfriend ? »
I burst a laughter and Niall blushed. He muttered something like I didn’t know I was so funny while I was doing my best to calm down.
« Is that really what you thought ? »
« Look, I don’t know », Niall said, shrugging. « I don’t know much about you and he is always by your side. »
He was right. I knew who he was for a long time now but the times we exchanged words until recently could be counted on two fingers. I remembered passing by him multiples times since I’ve started uni, looking at from afar as he was studying or talking to Esmée. And now it felt like we couldn’t avoid each other. What a change.
« Oz is my hunt partner/pain in the ass/bodyguard. His family has made that stupid path to protect mine decades ago and they weirdly keeping it this way, Oz behind the actual proof. »
« Why ? Are you a princess or something ? »
I felt his gaze on me and struggled to stay impassive.
« Something like that. Let’s say that… I don’t have a typical family background. You’ll be filled in more in details later I guess. »
« It’s like every time you answer a question, thee others pop out of nowhere. »
« And it’s just the start », I smiled
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