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And then I teleported.
Chapter 54
Skye
The café was silent.
The lights were off, only the one dim light above the register illuminating the space. I wove through the tables, breathing in the familiar scent of coffee and pastries.
Everything looked the same as I remembered. Zephyr hadn’t redecorated while I was gone.
I used my affinity to lift Aiden into a corner booth, settling him comfortably while I checked over his organs. His heart-rate was a little erratic, so I slowed it. His breathing relaxed and relief washed through me.
He was fine.He’d been bordering on Exhaust before he’d grabbed that final bolt of lightning, and he needed to rest now. I’d take him into the apartment as soon as I’d spoken to my brother. Then, we could discuss what’d happened. My lips twitched. It seems we’d found Aiden’s second affinity.
I ran my hand over his flushed face, pushing his red hair back and out of his eyes. I kissed his warm temple before heading to the back of the café.
I made my way to the back hall, and with a single thought, the doorto the apartment unlocked, and I slipped through, into the short hallway that led to our home.
I glanced around at the familiar living room I hadn’t seen in months, looking just the same as I remembered. The book I’d skimmed through the morning of the storm was still on the side table where I’d left it. My blanket was folded neatly in the spot where I always sat.
A soft intake of breath drew my attention. I turned, facing the source of the noise.
Zephyr.
My brother was in the doorway to the utility room. My knees buckled at the sight of him. I’d missed him so much, I hadn’t realized just how badly until now.
“Skye,” he breathed. His expression quickly changed from surprise, to happiness, and then he took in my appearance, and he rushed to me. “What the fuck happened?!”
He threw himself into me, banding his strong arms around me tightly and lifting me off the ground.
Safe. I was finally safe.
“What the fuck happened?” he repeated.
I burst into tears.
Zephyr didn’t hesitate, tightening his grip around me and pulling me back down the hall to our living room. He flopped onto the couch, and I fell into his lap. He cuddled me up against his chest, his arms surrounding me protectively, and I sobbed.
And sobbed.
And sobbed.
“Don’t shut me out.” Zephyr murmured against my temple. “Show me everything. Let me feel everything. You’re not alone.”
After a few moments of catching my breath, I carefully pushed through what happened. Showing him how Landon had been growing nicer toward me, and then how he’d come to me weeks ago, asking to die. How he thought I was a God. How Aiden almost died, and how the school was attacked. How Landon lost control, and we had to fight. How I finally killed him.
Zephyr took every ounce of my pain, allowing himself to feel itwith me. Tears streamed down his cheeks just like mine, and we cried together for several minutes before I could suck in a ragged breath.
“Heaskedyou to do that, Skye. You did what you had to do. Youprotectedpeople. It’s okay. It’s all okay,” he promised.
I only sobbed harder.
Zephyr held me for what could have been minutes or hours. All sense of time was gone as I allowed myself to cry over everything that’d happened to me the past few months.
The storm. Leaving without saying goodbye. Aiden being a shit, then becoming my lover. Wyatt being so fucking mean to me before I rejected him. My shadow turning out to be a goddamn prince. Missing my brother. Missing my–
“Do you want to see him?” Zephyr murmured.
