“Jace!” I yelled, and his head turned toward me.“Kai!” he yelled, and the man punched him hard in the face.I felt myself falling as Falcon tackled me to the ground. Loud gunshots hit the building behind me, and the van drove off. I looked at Falcon as he pulled me up from the sidewalk.“How did you know?” I asked Falcon.“My own special curse,” he said, with a look I couldn’t decipher. “Come on.”We ran back to my car, and I unlocked it when we got close enough. Falcon slid into the driver’s side, and I handed him the keys. He sped out of the parking lot and drove down the street where we had last seen the van.“You see the future, and if I touch you, I can connect to that,” Falcon said, and I was impressed, seriously impressed.“I also see the dead,” I said.“I can sense immediate danger,” he said. “Do you know who took him?”“We were in an altercation earlier at a Mexican club. They might be linked to the Cartel that operates from here. They had an issue with him being gay,” I sai
We reached the front door, and Marco smiled when he saw me. He walked down the steps and surveyed the group with me. “Kai.”“Hey, Marco,” I said, as he crossed his arms over his chest.“Fighters? Really?” he asked with a raised brow.“We’re not fighting tonight,” I said, and sincerely hoped we didn’t have to. I’ve had enough fighting for one day.“Not unless we have to,” Falcon said, and grinned.“Shit, don’t make me regret this,” Marco said, and motioned for us to follow him.We walked into the club and the music engulfed us as we made our way to the bar. We ordered drinks and found a booth to sit down. I surveyed the crowd, not sure what I was looking for, but I felt kind of uneasy. I put it down to the little girl in my bathroom and tried to shake it off.Falcon kept giving me odd looks, and I tried to loosen up. We did a few shots and settled on beer. The guys danced and chatted up women at the bar, while Falcon and I remained seated at the table. To everyone else, he would seem l
Jace remained sitting at the counter, and I had no idea what to do. I wasn’t big on comforting people, except Saga and Kari. This was unknown territory for me, because the men in my family either showed everything or nothing. I’d never seen Levi break down, but my dad showed his emotions all the time. It was a bit confusing.He lifted his head, and I realized he was laughing. “I’m sorry.” He kept laughing, and after a while, I joined him, having no clue why we were laughing. “I just thought to myself, all this crazy shit happened, but we never ate.”“Shit, Jace. You’re killing me, and now I’m hungry,” I said, as we started to laugh again. I opened the fridge and looked inside. I took out the leftover pasta, put it in the microwave, and heated it up. The microwave pinged, and I dished up the pasta for us and grabbed utensils.“Do you really think someone’s out to get your grandfather?” he asked me, as we walked to the living room with our plates and coffee.“It wouldn’t be the first t
I loosened my grip on everyone, and poor Jace was literally squashed beneath me. I got to my feet and looked around. Bullets tore into the furniture around us, dishes cracked, and wood splinters were flying everywhere.I was shocked and surprised that my spell had worked, and had taken all three of them with me into the other realm. Levi was crouched protectively over Malachi with his head bowed down. Jace looked up at me as he shifted into a sitting position.I could smell the gunpowder, blood, and food. The permeating smell of alcohol filled the air as the bottle of Scotch exploded and Jace flinched. “Levi,” I said, and he lifted his head.He helped Malachi to his feet, and they surveyed the damage around us. Jace finally got to his feet, as well, and sat down at the table. He looked about ready to faint, or throw up, maybe both. “Where are we?” Malachi asked. The bullets seemed to move in slow motion around us, and everything was in chaos, except where we were.“In another realm,
The gang was all quiet as we walked further to my car, and Jace climbed into the front seat when I unlocked the doors. Kevin’s jaw was clenched, and I leaned against the side of my car and looked at him. I knew he had something on his mind.“Why didn’t you tell us that you’re a freaking Alpha?” he asked me loudly.“Does it really matter?” I asked him, surprised at the accusatory tone in his voice, and he shrugged.“We’re going to skip dinner. We already said we’d go to another party. There’s no way we’re sitting around a table with a bunch of Council members,” Kevin said.I got the distinct feeling that somehow this new friendship was already on the rocks, and whatever connection there had been, was now dead. Kevin opened the front door where Jace sat and motioned with his head for him to get out.“I’m going with Kai,” Jace said, and stayed put.“Fine,” Kevin said, and closed the door.“Kevin, what’s going on with you now?” I asked him, as we stood outside the car.“You’re that Sincla
The noise of the crowd was deafening, and it reverberated around the old warehouse. I shook my head and drowned out the crowd. Everything around me disappeared, everything except Falcon. I kept my focus on him as we circled each other. He came in fast, landing two shots to either side of my ribs. His punches were hard and accurate, and I could feel the two cracked ribs on my left side.He came at me again, lightning fast, and I ducked under his arm. He grabbed my arm, and somehow hooked my other arm into his, and we stood back-to-back. He bent forward, and I went over him backwards.His arms were on the inside now, and I took that opportunity to land a few punches to his ribs, and another one to his face, as he brought his arms down to protect his sides. He wasn’t an average fighter, he was the best I’d fought against so far.We traded punches for a few minutes, we were both breathing hard, and bleeding from swollen lips, busted noses, and he cracked more of my ribs. He had skills tha