Fate

Chapter 13

Skye

I walked through the apartment door about an hour later. Jason was rage gaming in the living room. I took the dog out and fed her before I even attempted to speak to him. I barely got one word out before a controller came barreling at me, clipping me in the eye. I dropped to the ground, holding my eye. I covered my eye instantly. It was wet to the touch and when I looked at my hand, there was blood. I could feel it already swelling shut. I looked up at Jason. He was frozen to the couch. "I…I didn't see you there. I was losing the game.. I got mad.. I didn't mean to hit you." His voice seemed genuine, but the lack of urgency threw me off. I stood up and walked out the door. I couldn't be around him.

I was walking through the complex halls. My tears falling silently, mixing with the dripping blood. I didn't even check how bad. I had a friend past the mailroom, KB, she could help. Her boyfriend, Wyatt, was a pharmacy tech and would have pain meds too. I was trying to think of a story to explain this all away, lost in thought, when I ran straight into something. I braced my hand against a solid, massive chest. s**t. I looked up and with my one open eye met Angelus' eyes. At first, they were warm but as he focused on my swollen eye, blood and tears, his eyes darkened. I swore I saw fire in them. Who the f**k did this? I heard his voice, but his lips had not moved. I just blinked at him. I will kill him. His voice in my head again, with a raging undertone.

"I'm sorry Ace. I didn't see you there. I was just headed to KB's. Excuse me," I said, trying to get out of his way. I must have imagined the voice in my head. Probably had a concussion. His hand grabbed my wrist, gently, but I still froze. "Skye.. What happened?" His voice was calm but serious. I shook my head in response. "It's fine. An accident. I'll.. I'll see you around." I managed to free my wrist and sidestep him. I continued walking to KB's, reaching her door, and before going inside, I glanced at where he was standing, still, staring at me. His eyes on fire. His hands balled into fists so tightly, I'd swear there was smoke coming off of them.

I dipped into KB's apartment. She spun around excited but froze as soon as she saw my face. Her expression turned volatile. "I'll kill him." She said in the harshest tone I've heard. Wyatt popped his head out of the bathroom, his eyes widened before he grabbed a first aid kit and guided me to the couch. I heard the door open and close. I snuck a look and KB had left. f**k. I thought to myself. There wasn't much I could do. My eye was swelling by the moment and Wyatt was trying to figure out how to fix it.

I heard murmuring outside the apartment a moment later. KB walked inside, Angelus trailing behind her. He looked at me, at the work Wyatt was doing and nodded slightly. KB went into the kitchen, pulling him in with her. They didn't pick their voices up enough that I could hear what they were saying. Just bits and pieces, so I ignored them altogether.

Wyatt guided me to the bathroom. I hesitated to look in the mirror but when I did, I realized how bad it was. My eye was now completely swollen shut and already black. The cut went from an inch above my eyebrow, diagonally down my eyelid. Wyatt helped me clean the blood that stained my face, before sticking a gauze pad over my eye, securing it with tape.

KB and Ace came into view behind me. I turned towards them. "Did you guys just meet in the hall or have you known each other long?" I asked, realizing I had no idea how they started this conversation. They glanced at each other. KB shrugged it off, "I guess you can say we have known each other awhile." I didn't know how to respond to that. Ace spoke up, his voice gravelly and deep, "KB put your number in my phone and vice versa. It's under Angel. If something like this happens again, call me. " Or send a thought to me and I will be where you are right away. His eyes did not move from mine. I blinked. I heard his voice in my head again. He gave a side smile and walked out, giving KB one last look before shutting the door.