Gemini: Book 4 in a Young Adult Paranormal Romance Series (The Zodiac Twin Flame Series) by Rachel Medhurst Page A

interested in it. We wanted to live our own lives but it was only the mission that bound us together.
    ‘What happened to you?’ Aries asked when he dumped his trainers on the kitchen side. Cancer huffed, swiping them onto the floor.
    ‘Hey!’
    ‘Don’t be messy. I cleaned up this morning.’
    Aries tutted as he bent to pick up his shoes. ‘Only because lover boy is here.’
    Cancer hit his shoulder but his muscle blunted the impact. She hissed and stuck her knuckles in her mouth, trying to suck the pain away.
    ‘See, made of steel,’ Aries said, flexing his arm.
    ‘Made of wood, more like,’ Cancer muttered, going back to making tea.
    My siblings joked amongst themselves all the time. Anyone from the outside world would wonder if we had an ounce of love for each other. Deep down, we had a bond unlike any I had ever seen in a normal human being.
    ‘Are you going to tell me why you’re sporting a fat lip, pretty boy?’
    Aries was on form. The others laughed as Natalie came over and touched my jaw lightly. I grinned at her when she shook her head.
    ‘You’re already getting a bruise.’
    I relaxed when Aries went to the cupboard and took out a bottle of pills. He threw it to me. I caught it as Natalie stepped away.
    ‘Those will bring out the bruising. I hope the other man’s worse.’
    I didn’t say anything, glaring at Scorpio when he opened his mouth to speak. Closing it quickly, he raised his hands and backed away.
    ‘Matt!’ Aries called, pointing at the only stranger in the house. ‘I’m glad you’re here. Let’s talk business.’
    He went over to the table and gestured for us to join them. At least it took the attention away from me, although Scorpio had his eyes narrowed on me, so I hadn’t heard the last of it.
    ‘Tell us how Nick’s system works.’
    ‘We should know, Taurus did-’
    ‘I’m talking!’ Aries interrupted Leo before he could let our secret slip.
    Taurus had implanted Nick with a tracking chip. Aquarius was keeping an eye on his whereabouts, but so far, we hadn’t taken any action. He was leaving us alone for once.
    I chewed on my fingernail as everyone took a seat around our extra-long table. It had to seat twelve young people so it filled up a massive space in the kitchen area.
    ‘Matt has worked with Nick, he knows how everything is done,’ Aries said to Leo before he addressed Matt. ‘You said that if we protected you, you would tell us.’
    Aries turned to me. I still sat at the breakfast bar. He gestured with his head for me to sit. I could have believed he wanted my input but he just wanted me to obey him. Getting up, I dragged my feet to join them. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to know. I had bigger worries. How was I going to come up with the money to pay Liam? And why did Athena lie about me coming onto her?
    And why did I care about the bruises on her wrists? I didn’t care. Well, I did care, but I couldn’t care. Shouldn’t was more like it. She allowed me to get beaten up, after all.
    ‘Matt, talk to…’ Aries’ sentence trailed off when his phone started to ring. He answered it, frowning in Leo’s direction when he burst out singing. ‘Really…? He’s going where…? Okay.’ Aries hung up the phone and looked at me. ‘Can I talk to you?’
    I followed him into the hallway that led to the main bedrooms. He glanced over his shoulder before speaking. ‘That was Aquarius, Nick is heading to the hotel already. I need you to go over there and meet Taurus. I want full surveillance all night. I want you to find out who he’s with, if anyone.’
    I rubbed my jaw and nodded. ‘If you’re here, who’s with Mother?’
    Aries screwed his forehead before swearing and running out of the hallway. ‘I forgot about Mother. She might be tempted to go and meet him,’ he called.
    I followed him, keeping to his heels. Once in the kitchen, he eyed Matt. ‘Do you know Nick’s intentions for speaking to our mother?’
    Matt shook his head and shrugged at