edge.
My mind and body go into overdrive. Julian’s warning about the Vaga and the predator in the park, these are not just random events. I have to get home. I have to warn Uncle Jo.
Magi senses my disruptive energy and puts her head in my lap. I sit for a few more minutes, but it is driving me crazy, my emotions erratic and the need to want to run from here too powerful. I decide that sitting here is the worse place for me right now and my hand reaches out to touch Phoebe’s knee. She turns to me and her smile falters as she recognizes the look on my face. She nods lightly and I get up, grabbing my stuff.
‘Hey, where are you going?’ Rhianna asks.
‘I just need some air. Not used to the crowds,’ I reply as casually as possible.
‘You want some company?’ she says.
The heaviness on my chest returns and with it the responsibility that burdens me. I cannot involve anyone else in this mess. Last time my enemy was close the people I love were hurt and almost killed. I won’t risk that happening ever again.
‘No, that’s okay. I’ll see you in a bit.’ My voice wavers slightly before I shuffle past, feeling the eyes of all of them on my back.
My feet move swiftly up towards the exit, Magi and I heading straight for the toilets, but halfway along the corridor I freeze, an immense warmth spreading through me that I now recognise as the presence of Julian. Quickly searching among the crowd moving through the stadium, I see him standing in the doorway of the emergency exit.
His steel grey eyes pierce my soul and I shudder under his intense gaze, unable to prevent the effect that he has on me. Magi sees him and whimpers, and then he nods lightly in our direction, as if to say
I’m watching over you
, and my heart flutters erratically.
I will my feet to keep moving and push open the toilet door, closing it behind us. Without hesitation I grab Magi’s collar and we teleport out.
Chapter 6
We land in the lounge room, startling Aunt Lily and Uncle Jo who were sitting snuggled up on the couch.
‘Ellie, what is it?’ Uncle Jo asks worriedly, making a move to stand.
I walk towards him. ‘I’m sorry about before,’ I mumble, wanting to get the apology over and done with.
He sighs. ‘It’s okay. Let’s forget about it.’ His eyes search my face, and as they do his frown makes an appearance. ‘What’s happened?’
The thought of revealing everything to them makes me feel sick to my stomach, but I know in my gut that it is now or never in the honesty stakes. We are all in danger, and they have to know what that entails, even if that means I have to swallow my pride and take a hit where I know it’s going to hurt.
Uncle Jo sits back down and I kneel in front of them, letting it all come tumbling out of me—my feelings for Julian, Isis and her growing need to be released, and our newfound threat in the Vaga.
I didn’t know what to expect, but what I got was worse than I could have imagined.
Uncle Jo explodes with anger. ‘Julian?! You think
Julian
is the man you are meant to be with? Are you out of your godforsaken mind!’ he yells.
The blood drains from my face and I rock back on my knees. Magi whimpers, her eyes moving between us with uncertainty as she positions herself closer to me.
‘Jo, please,’ Aunt Lily says, laying her hand on his arm.
He shakes it off and stands up, towering over me like a giant. ‘After everything that’s happened, you thought that keeping this information to yourself, even though you knew the consequences of what it would mean, was okay? You do remember your mother don’t you? The woman that was murdered by those monsters that call themselves the Puritans!’ The deep timbre of his voice echoes throughout the old house with such ferocity that for a moment I forget who he is.
‘It’s not like that!’ I yell back. ‘You don’t understand. I can’t control how I feel.’
‘You think this is about control? This is about
choice
, Ellie. It has been since
My mind and body go into overdrive. Julian’s warning about the Vaga and the predator in the park, these are not just random events. I have to get home. I have to warn Uncle Jo.
Magi senses my disruptive energy and puts her head in my lap. I sit for a few more minutes, but it is driving me crazy, my emotions erratic and the need to want to run from here too powerful. I decide that sitting here is the worse place for me right now and my hand reaches out to touch Phoebe’s knee. She turns to me and her smile falters as she recognizes the look on my face. She nods lightly and I get up, grabbing my stuff.
‘Hey, where are you going?’ Rhianna asks.
‘I just need some air. Not used to the crowds,’ I reply as casually as possible.
‘You want some company?’ she says.
The heaviness on my chest returns and with it the responsibility that burdens me. I cannot involve anyone else in this mess. Last time my enemy was close the people I love were hurt and almost killed. I won’t risk that happening ever again.
‘No, that’s okay. I’ll see you in a bit.’ My voice wavers slightly before I shuffle past, feeling the eyes of all of them on my back.
My feet move swiftly up towards the exit, Magi and I heading straight for the toilets, but halfway along the corridor I freeze, an immense warmth spreading through me that I now recognise as the presence of Julian. Quickly searching among the crowd moving through the stadium, I see him standing in the doorway of the emergency exit.
His steel grey eyes pierce my soul and I shudder under his intense gaze, unable to prevent the effect that he has on me. Magi sees him and whimpers, and then he nods lightly in our direction, as if to say
I’m watching over you
, and my heart flutters erratically.
I will my feet to keep moving and push open the toilet door, closing it behind us. Without hesitation I grab Magi’s collar and we teleport out.
Chapter 6
We land in the lounge room, startling Aunt Lily and Uncle Jo who were sitting snuggled up on the couch.
‘Ellie, what is it?’ Uncle Jo asks worriedly, making a move to stand.
I walk towards him. ‘I’m sorry about before,’ I mumble, wanting to get the apology over and done with.
He sighs. ‘It’s okay. Let’s forget about it.’ His eyes search my face, and as they do his frown makes an appearance. ‘What’s happened?’
The thought of revealing everything to them makes me feel sick to my stomach, but I know in my gut that it is now or never in the honesty stakes. We are all in danger, and they have to know what that entails, even if that means I have to swallow my pride and take a hit where I know it’s going to hurt.
Uncle Jo sits back down and I kneel in front of them, letting it all come tumbling out of me—my feelings for Julian, Isis and her growing need to be released, and our newfound threat in the Vaga.
I didn’t know what to expect, but what I got was worse than I could have imagined.
Uncle Jo explodes with anger. ‘Julian?! You think
Julian
is the man you are meant to be with? Are you out of your godforsaken mind!’ he yells.
The blood drains from my face and I rock back on my knees. Magi whimpers, her eyes moving between us with uncertainty as she positions herself closer to me.
‘Jo, please,’ Aunt Lily says, laying her hand on his arm.
He shakes it off and stands up, towering over me like a giant. ‘After everything that’s happened, you thought that keeping this information to yourself, even though you knew the consequences of what it would mean, was okay? You do remember your mother don’t you? The woman that was murdered by those monsters that call themselves the Puritans!’ The deep timbre of his voice echoes throughout the old house with such ferocity that for a moment I forget who he is.
‘It’s not like that!’ I yell back. ‘You don’t understand. I can’t control how I feel.’
‘You think this is about control? This is about
choice
, Ellie. It has been since
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