“It’s nice to meet you both.” I plastered a pleasant expression on my face, even though making friends was the last thing I wanted to do.
“Nice to meet you too,” Serena said. Her eyes flicked across the table and she lowered her voice. “I’m sorry about Desiree,” she said, leaning in. “She’s a great person, but she’s got issues, especially when it comes to Caden.”
“I picked up on that.” I smiled. Not that I cared. I had no plans to get involved with the guy. No, I might be stuck here at the facility for the moment, but I didn’t plan on staying.
I found myself in a hotel room, a queen bed sat to my right, the thin comforter a tacky maroon and green floral design. Thick drapes hid the window, and the only source of light came from the bathroom behind me and the large bedside lamps perched on either side of the bed.
Wherever I was, it was outside the facility.
In front of me a guy shoved clothing into a suitcase. I held my breath. He hadn’t seen me yet, but my odds of going undetected for ten minutes were slim.
He turned to grab another clothing item when he saw me. Adrian.
“Fuck!” He jumped at the sight of me. I tried to hide my own surprise.
He clutched at his heart and swore. “Stop following me!”
“I don’t exactly want to be here.” I subtly glanced down at my own clothing to see if I came here on my own or if I’d been directed here. I wore a plain T-shirt and jeans. I think I must’ve sought Adrian out on my own. That, or the government now knew my taste in clothing.
He gave me a disbelieving look. “You know, I’m on the run because of you,” he said, throwing another clothing item in his bag.
I raised my eyebrows. “Really?”
“As if you don’t know.”
I walked towards the window, and as I passed him he recoiled. “You might not believe me,” I said, “but I’ll say it anyway: I probably understand less about what’s going on than you do.” His eyes flashed, and he opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him off. “In fact, I think that my ignorance might’ve saved your life — twice.”
“You call this saving my life?” he said. “My life’s gone.”
“I’ve never had someone control my ability to teleport until the night I met you.”
“Control your ability to teleport … ?” Adrian repeated. He rubbed his eyes.
I continued as though he hadn’t interrupted. “Someone was definitely directing me to that party of yours with instructions to kill you. And again that night I opened your safe — ”
“My father’s,” he interrupted. “It was my father’s safe.”
“Yeah, whatever. My point is, I’m not trying to kill you, someone else is. They’re just using me to get to you.”
Adrian watched me suspiciously. “You know I can’t trust you or anything that you’ve told me.”
I pulled the drapes aside and peered outside. It was dark out, so I was in a part of the world where it was still nighttime, but I had no idea what city we were in. “I don’t exactly trust you either,” I said. “For all I know, you’re some bad guy who deserves to be hunted down. But I also don’t trust my newest boss — the government.”
Adrian stopped packing to cross the room and remove my hand from the drapes. “Don’t do that; you’re going to get me killed.”
I stared at the hand that held my wrist and let my eyes make their way up to Adrian’s face.
Square jaw, sensual lips, high cheekbones, and sculpted eyebrows. He was just as beautiful as the teleporters I trained alongside.
The hard look in his dark green eyes flickered just for a moment when our eyes met. And then it was back in place. “You work for the government?” he asked.
“Unwillingly. They didn’t really give me choice.”
“Guess that answers that.” He yanked on the wrist he still held and began dragging me across the room.
“Hey!” He gave my arm a hard tug when I resisted, and I tripped over my feet as I was forced to follow him. “Ow! Hey asshole,
“Nice to meet you too,” Serena said. Her eyes flicked across the table and she lowered her voice. “I’m sorry about Desiree,” she said, leaning in. “She’s a great person, but she’s got issues, especially when it comes to Caden.”
“I picked up on that.” I smiled. Not that I cared. I had no plans to get involved with the guy. No, I might be stuck here at the facility for the moment, but I didn’t plan on staying.
I found myself in a hotel room, a queen bed sat to my right, the thin comforter a tacky maroon and green floral design. Thick drapes hid the window, and the only source of light came from the bathroom behind me and the large bedside lamps perched on either side of the bed.
Wherever I was, it was outside the facility.
In front of me a guy shoved clothing into a suitcase. I held my breath. He hadn’t seen me yet, but my odds of going undetected for ten minutes were slim.
He turned to grab another clothing item when he saw me. Adrian.
“Fuck!” He jumped at the sight of me. I tried to hide my own surprise.
He clutched at his heart and swore. “Stop following me!”
“I don’t exactly want to be here.” I subtly glanced down at my own clothing to see if I came here on my own or if I’d been directed here. I wore a plain T-shirt and jeans. I think I must’ve sought Adrian out on my own. That, or the government now knew my taste in clothing.
He gave me a disbelieving look. “You know, I’m on the run because of you,” he said, throwing another clothing item in his bag.
I raised my eyebrows. “Really?”
“As if you don’t know.”
I walked towards the window, and as I passed him he recoiled. “You might not believe me,” I said, “but I’ll say it anyway: I probably understand less about what’s going on than you do.” His eyes flashed, and he opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him off. “In fact, I think that my ignorance might’ve saved your life — twice.”
“You call this saving my life?” he said. “My life’s gone.”
“I’ve never had someone control my ability to teleport until the night I met you.”
“Control your ability to teleport … ?” Adrian repeated. He rubbed his eyes.
I continued as though he hadn’t interrupted. “Someone was definitely directing me to that party of yours with instructions to kill you. And again that night I opened your safe — ”
“My father’s,” he interrupted. “It was my father’s safe.”
“Yeah, whatever. My point is, I’m not trying to kill you, someone else is. They’re just using me to get to you.”
Adrian watched me suspiciously. “You know I can’t trust you or anything that you’ve told me.”
I pulled the drapes aside and peered outside. It was dark out, so I was in a part of the world where it was still nighttime, but I had no idea what city we were in. “I don’t exactly trust you either,” I said. “For all I know, you’re some bad guy who deserves to be hunted down. But I also don’t trust my newest boss — the government.”
Adrian stopped packing to cross the room and remove my hand from the drapes. “Don’t do that; you’re going to get me killed.”
I stared at the hand that held my wrist and let my eyes make their way up to Adrian’s face.
Square jaw, sensual lips, high cheekbones, and sculpted eyebrows. He was just as beautiful as the teleporters I trained alongside.
The hard look in his dark green eyes flickered just for a moment when our eyes met. And then it was back in place. “You work for the government?” he asked.
“Unwillingly. They didn’t really give me choice.”
“Guess that answers that.” He yanked on the wrist he still held and began dragging me across the room.
“Hey!” He gave my arm a hard tug when I resisted, and I tripped over my feet as I was forced to follow him. “Ow! Hey asshole,
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