parents
know?”
“No and I’d like to keep it that way. At least until
I know for sure what is going to happen to me?”
“Understood,” he nodded respectfully at Josie. “Now
if you’ll excuse me I would like to talk to my son and
daughter…alone.”
“Yes sire,” Caleb said, giving my dad a slight bow. I
looked him thinking why in the hell is bowing and why did he call
him sire? “Are you sure there’s nothing I can get you?”
“No, thank you. Just a few moments alone with my son
and daughter, if you don’t mind?”
“Of course,” Caleb said, bowing again, and walking
backwards out of the room. I looked at Josef and he just shrugged
his shoulders following him out of the room.
Deirdre gave me a smartass look as if my displeasure
pleased her. I glared at her as she walked out of the room followed
by Cameron and Billy. I whispered to Josie on the way out. “If you
don’t hear from me in twenty minutes call the cops.”
“Ella, he’s not that bad,” she said, looking over her
shoulder, and then turned quickly back to me. “On second thought,
it was nice knowing ya.” I glared as she joined everyone else on
the back deck to give us privacy.
My dad didn’t hesitate to start screaming at me.
“What the hell would possess you to drop out of school and fly to
Ireland? We had a deal Ella and now you have broken that deal.”
“No, I haven’t,” I said calmly. “I did not drop out.
I just…took a mini vacation if that’s what you want to call
it.”
“I’m not in the mood for your smartass comments,” he
warned.
“Look dad,” I began, taking a breath so I wouldn’t
let my anger get the best of me. “I’m an adult now. You can’t
control me anymore.”
“Then start acting like one!” he yelled, making me
flinch. That vein in his neck started to bulge like it normally
does. “You have any idea what you have done? The reason I had to
come out here in the first place?”
“What are you talking about?” I scowled.
“Your actions have consequences Ella. That little
stunt you pulled at the club has caused a lot of problems.”
“How do you even know about that?”
“One of the councilmen’s daughters was at that club
that night. She said some very powerful witch took out twenty men
with a single flick of her wrist.”
Shows what she knows. I’m a wanderer not a
witch . “Obviously it wasn’t me. She said it was a witch.”
“Nice try. Any of our kind knows that there is no
witch that has that kind of power at such a young age.”
“Still that could have been anybody. That doesn’t
mean it was me.”
“She also said the girl had long, black hair with
blue streaks and tattoos.”
Crap.
“Well maybe if you haven’t sent your henchman after
me none of this would have happened. And he’s a tip, if you want to
be a little less conspicuous maybe they shouldn’t have all shown up
in black trench coats.”
He pinched the bridge of his nose indicating he was
trying hard not to flip. “Ella, do you realize you put several of
those men in the hospital?” I smiled smugly, causing him to glare
at me. “Ella, this is serious.”
“What did you expect me to do?” I yelled frustrated.
“I felt threatened. If someone attacks me I’m going to fight back
and how was I supposed to know they worked for you? They could have
been sent by anyone. They could have been working for Jack for all
I knew.”
“You can’t just take off in the middle of the night
and fly halfway across the country! You have idea what could happen
to you? Ella, you don’t get it. There are so many more reasons why
we were so protective of you. We knew you were going to be
powerful, but we had no idea you would be this powerful and this is
just the start. Your powers aren’t even fully developed yet.”
“Well than what’s the problem? If I’m as powerful as
you say I am then I should have no difficulty defending
myself.”
“Because it makes you a constant target,” he sighed,
wiping the
know?”
“No and I’d like to keep it that way. At least until
I know for sure what is going to happen to me?”
“Understood,” he nodded respectfully at Josie. “Now
if you’ll excuse me I would like to talk to my son and
daughter…alone.”
“Yes sire,” Caleb said, giving my dad a slight bow. I
looked him thinking why in the hell is bowing and why did he call
him sire? “Are you sure there’s nothing I can get you?”
“No, thank you. Just a few moments alone with my son
and daughter, if you don’t mind?”
“Of course,” Caleb said, bowing again, and walking
backwards out of the room. I looked at Josef and he just shrugged
his shoulders following him out of the room.
Deirdre gave me a smartass look as if my displeasure
pleased her. I glared at her as she walked out of the room followed
by Cameron and Billy. I whispered to Josie on the way out. “If you
don’t hear from me in twenty minutes call the cops.”
“Ella, he’s not that bad,” she said, looking over her
shoulder, and then turned quickly back to me. “On second thought,
it was nice knowing ya.” I glared as she joined everyone else on
the back deck to give us privacy.
My dad didn’t hesitate to start screaming at me.
“What the hell would possess you to drop out of school and fly to
Ireland? We had a deal Ella and now you have broken that deal.”
“No, I haven’t,” I said calmly. “I did not drop out.
I just…took a mini vacation if that’s what you want to call
it.”
“I’m not in the mood for your smartass comments,” he
warned.
“Look dad,” I began, taking a breath so I wouldn’t
let my anger get the best of me. “I’m an adult now. You can’t
control me anymore.”
“Then start acting like one!” he yelled, making me
flinch. That vein in his neck started to bulge like it normally
does. “You have any idea what you have done? The reason I had to
come out here in the first place?”
“What are you talking about?” I scowled.
“Your actions have consequences Ella. That little
stunt you pulled at the club has caused a lot of problems.”
“How do you even know about that?”
“One of the councilmen’s daughters was at that club
that night. She said some very powerful witch took out twenty men
with a single flick of her wrist.”
Shows what she knows. I’m a wanderer not a
witch . “Obviously it wasn’t me. She said it was a witch.”
“Nice try. Any of our kind knows that there is no
witch that has that kind of power at such a young age.”
“Still that could have been anybody. That doesn’t
mean it was me.”
“She also said the girl had long, black hair with
blue streaks and tattoos.”
Crap.
“Well maybe if you haven’t sent your henchman after
me none of this would have happened. And he’s a tip, if you want to
be a little less conspicuous maybe they shouldn’t have all shown up
in black trench coats.”
He pinched the bridge of his nose indicating he was
trying hard not to flip. “Ella, do you realize you put several of
those men in the hospital?” I smiled smugly, causing him to glare
at me. “Ella, this is serious.”
“What did you expect me to do?” I yelled frustrated.
“I felt threatened. If someone attacks me I’m going to fight back
and how was I supposed to know they worked for you? They could have
been sent by anyone. They could have been working for Jack for all
I knew.”
“You can’t just take off in the middle of the night
and fly halfway across the country! You have idea what could happen
to you? Ella, you don’t get it. There are so many more reasons why
we were so protective of you. We knew you were going to be
powerful, but we had no idea you would be this powerful and this is
just the start. Your powers aren’t even fully developed yet.”
“Well than what’s the problem? If I’m as powerful as
you say I am then I should have no difficulty defending
myself.”
“Because it makes you a constant target,” he sighed,
wiping the
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