Page 35 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

“Why do I feel like there is something that you aren’t telling us?” Griff interrupts, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Ty sighs again, “Because there is. I need to warn you that a couple of the other teams are aware of her track record at HID and have shown an interest.”

We all tense, and I can barely stop the growl building in my chest from escaping.

“She’s ours,” Evander practically orders, a fierceness in his voice that has even my eyebrow rising, although I can’t argue with the sentiment. It feels right in a way that it probably shouldn’t.

Ty chuckles, his voice lacing with knowledge as he replies, “You mean on your team?”

Evander swallows, “Yes, that’s what I meant.”

That doesn’t ring quite true, and we all know it but none of us want to look into the reason behind why that doesn’t quite sit right.

“Don’t worry, I am discouraging it, but there are several teams that have shown an interest in her now and have come to me asking if she is on your team,” Ty says. “If any one of them puts in an official request to have her on their team, then Neith is going to have to go through the Choosing to see which team she is better suited for.”

Silence reigns as we all try to control our reaction, I feel a rumble of a growl start to grow in my chest and we are all clenching our jaws or fists.

“Fuck!” Evander curses explosively.

“I know with complete certainty that she will get chosen for your team, but it’s not something that we want Neith to go through. The Choosing is for supernaturals, Neith is mostlyhuman at the moment, so there is a very strong chance that she wouldn’t survive it.”

There is no way in hell that she should be anywhere near the fucking Choosing, even if she were a supernatural, I would still not want her anywhere near it, it’s fucking brutal.

We all look at each other with anger, the most prominent expression on our faces, and a pit of unease settles in my stomach. Wouldn’t it be a better idea to keep Neith away from the other agents for a while and let the novelty of her wear off and their interest in having her on their team wane?

Van seems to read my mind as he says, “Are you sure that it’s a good idea to have her come to the training academy with us, if some of the teams are looking to have her on their team wouldn’t that just increase their interest in her?”

“Yes, I do think that she should be seen with your team. As I said, the interested parties need to see her with your team and realize that you are serious about her being a part of it. If you left her at home while you came here, that would send the message that you don’t consider her fully on your team, and therefore, they will pursue wanting her on theirs. Considering there are a few teams that are interested in her and you are unwilling to let her go, that means that the Choosing will get triggered,” Ty explains his reasoning behind wanting us to bring her to the training academy, and as much as I hate to agree I can see the merit behind his reasoning.

That doesn’t mean I have to like it.

“Fine, we will all be there on Monday,” Evander replies and then hangs up.

“I don’t like this,” Reed mutters.

Doc frowns, his forearms tensing as he clenches and unclenches his fists, “Me neither. I don’t like that Ty had a vision that he was completely unaware of as well. He just carried on talking straight after it like nothing had happened.”

“If it even was a vision,” Raiden says and then clarifies, “it is entirely possible that someone was using Ty to give us a message.”

“Fuck,” Griff curses, huffing and crossing his arms over his chest.

“Did you write it down?” I ask.

Raiden rolls his eyes, “Of course I did. I will research it when Neith and I are looking into the creatures.”

“Good idea,” Van says, still frowning.

“What if she gets pulled into the Choosing?” Ransom mumbles, having been quiet up until this point.

“Then we will have to help her as much as we can and hope that she is strong enough to withstand the tasks and that the scroll deems her best suited for our team,” Doc says firmly, almost as if he is willing it to happen that way if that’s the way it has to happen.

“I really fucking hope that it doesn’t come to that,” Ransom frowns, his expression grim.

He is right to be worried about it. The Choosing is a series of tasks, some that the person has to face individually and some that they have to do with the teams that are petitioning to have the individual join their team. The idea is to get the person working with each team to get an idea of where the person fits best. The scroll, which is exactly what it sounds like apart from being older than dirt and imbued with ancient magic, then picks the team that the person is best suited to based on the performance in the tasks.

These tasks test a supernatural's skills, physically, mentally and emotionally, they are designed to push a supe, and the team that they work with to the very edge of their abilities.

Therein lies the problem: they are designed for supernaturals, and Neith isn’t one. They can and have beendeadly for supernaturals that have a massive advantage over Neith.

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