Angel Blackwood(95)

“You okay?” Talon says, standing to his full height.

I nod my head unable to form words. My body hurts and I’m tired as hell.

“Let’s get out of this fucking place, your father is freaking out.” Tyler heads out the door without another glance in my direction.

“Tell me about it.Your parents are giving me a freaking migraine.” Talon walks past rubbing his temples and heading for the open front door.

I follow them looking down at the floor, pulling the jacket tighter around me. I’m scared of what might happen or what they will say once we’re alone. I know Tyler has kept his cool in front of Jax, but I know he’s about to blow at any moment.





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It starts raining the minute we get into the car. The twins sit quietly in the front, I’m sitting behind Tyler, but I feel his eyes on me every so often through the rear view mirror. The tension in the cramped car is suffocating me. All I wanna do is open my window and get some air, but it’s raining too hard. They won’t even put the damn radio on. Aside from the sound of the rain hitting the windscreen and the squeaky sound of the windscreen wipers as they go back and forth, the sound of Tyler squeezing the leather of the steering wheel is enough to make me scream.

As soon as we pass the territory line, I start to feel my wolf stirring within me.

“Faith?” I call out for her.

“Angel! What happened? It went dark, I couldn’t find you.” Her cries sound distant in my my mind, causing an ache in my heart.

“I’m so sorry, Faith. I crossed territory lines and somehow we lost contact. I couldn’t reach you. I didn’t know that would happen.” I feel our connection growing and can now hear her clearly in my head.

She’s quiet for a few moments, but I still feel her presence within me. “You should always feel my presence, it shouldn’t matter whether you crossed territory lines or not,” she says, sounding confused.

I explain what Drake said about knowing a witch, that maybe it’s the reason we lost contact. She agrees that it’s definitely something we need to speak to Noelle or Phoenix about.

What happened, Angel? I feel your pain. Are you injured?” Her voice turns frantic, but before I have chance to answer, the car is skidding to a halt. My injured hands push against the back of Tyler’s seat so that I don’t hit my face.

I look out the window and my mind goes back to the present. We’ve pulled to the side of the road with no other cars in sight. Talon tilts his head to either side and lets out a deep breath as if he’s trying to calm himself. From where I’m seated, I see one of his hands squeezing the side of his seat extremely tightly. The tension in the car has risen, and I flinch when Tyler slams his palms against the steering wheel three times.

“Why the fuck didn’t you tell us?” He screams, looking at me in the rearview mirror; I swear the car shakes. I’m too scared to speak and my hands are shaking in fear. I look towards Talon’s back, needing him to help me out, needing him to calm down his brother or something.

“Answer him, Angel,” Talon responds, in a deep growl.

“I don’t know,” I mumble softly, my voice breaking.

“You don’t know?” Tyler roars again.

I don’t respond. I just turn my head and keep my eyes focused on the little rain drops running down the window.

The car switches off and Tyler opens the door and steps out into the rain before slamming the door once again. My eyes are fixated on his movement as he paces in front of the car in the pouring rain. The rain soaks his clothes and his perfectly combed over hair is now sopping wet.

My eyes move to Talon. He’s leaning forward, resting his head in his hands and is taking in deep breaths. He looks far too big for this car. His body looks uncomfortable sitting there, even with both his and Tyler’s seats so far back that my legs actually touch the back of the driver’s seat.

I want to reach out and touch him, but the anger coming off of him tells me its best I give him his space to calm down. I tremble in my seat. My eyes look through the front windscreen to see Tyler standing right in front of the car staring at me with black eyes. His fists sit firm at his hips and the veins in his forearms are pumped up. He blinks as the rain droplets fall from his face, but he keeps his gaze pinned on me before suddenly moving with purpose to my side of the car. I lock the door knowing that it won’t stop him from getting to me, but doing it on instinct anyway. My hands tremble as I move away from the window and towards the middle of the seat staring at Tyler as he stares right back at me through the glass.

A low growl forms and I slowly move my head to the side to find Talon’s black eyes about an inch away from me.