Page 8 of Separated from My Love
She started to pace the room. Her nervous energy was almost contagious. He had the urge to follow in her path. Perhaps that was her ability—to drive a personcrazy.
“I can’t tell you. Lives are at stake, and it’s not my secrettotell.”
“Cross my heart,” he said and did the movements to go along with the words. “If you tell me, I won’t say a word to anyone. Now please stopstalling.”
“Right,” she said sarcastically. “I’m supposed to take you at your word. Sorry that isn’thappening
“Fine tell me about your psychic ability. Do you know how it is passed on or where you inherited it from?” Serenity began to fidget. She wouldn’t look him in the eye. “What are you nottellingme?”
He wasn’t sure how much more he could take. Serenity was driving him crazy, and her lack of information wasn’t helping. If she wasn’t going to be forthcoming with any details, then what good was she? Her reason for coming to Weston was gone—literally. As far as he was concerned, she could turn around and leave the way shecamein.
“It turns out that my mother and Aubriella’s were sisters. My mother sought to marry Aubriella’s father because she’d been jealous of her sister. They had the same father, but he pretty much ignored her. He wasn’t a good man—he cheated on his wife, and my mother was the result. Neither Aubriella nor her mother knew. I’m not sure if it would have made a difference or not.” She sighed. “My mother puts Aubriella through hell because she is a reminder she’d rather not have. It doesn’t help that she is almost a replica of hermother.”
Trenton pinched the bridge of his nose. It was all too much, but at least he may have found someone to go through the mirror with him. He had to gather a few more details though before he took that leap. What would it take to get her to help him through the mirror? Serenity’s might be the answer he’d been looking for—depending on her psychic ability. He wasn’t entirely sure how it allworked.
“Your sister has visions,”hesaid.
“Yes,” she replied. “You do believe me,right?”
He did. After all of the information he’d uncovered, how could he not? There was too much evidence to point him in that direction to ignore. Besides, he wanted to believe her. His heart wanted to find the love of his life. So he was willing to take a leap of faith andtrusther.
“What is yourability?”
“I seeauras.”
That was not what he thought she would say. But hell, it wasn’t as if he even knew what he expected. Seeing auras was rather…lame. He opened his mouth to ask her if she felt cheated, but decided against it. Peyton saw the future and all Serenity could do was…? “What exactly doesthatmean?”
“I see energy around a person. It’s like seeing a rainbow, but not all the colors come outtoplay.”
That didn’t sound very helpful. What did colors tell her? It was a letdown and mediocre at best. How did it even work? “I think you need to explain it a little moreforme.”
She smiled. “All right. For example, you are glowing yellow. That usually means you’re honest and loyal to a fault. At the same time, you have an outer layer of purple and an inner core of green. One is intelligence and the other is a bit of skepticism. You want to believe me, so you’re making yourself do it. It doesn’t hurt to question things though. Don’t stop; it might one day saveyourlife.”
“So each color represents an emotion or something about a person?” All right, maybe they weren’t as stupid as he thought. Seeing an aura might be useful in certain situations. He wasn’t exactly sure what yet, but there were possibilities. Having visions still seemed coolerthough.
“That’s the easiest way to explain it. Reading the colors is an art. It isn’t cut and dry, but I’ve been doing it all my life and I’ve gotten rather goodatit.”
It seemed like a rather tame gift all around. There had to be more useful or interesting gifts to have, but he’d take it or rather her ability. It might not be exciting but it would be the key to going back in time. He was going to saveGenevieve.
“How do you feel about timetravel?”
“It doesn’t matter how I feel about it,” she said candidly. Her expression didn’t change, and she didn’t even appear surprised by his question. What exactly had Peyton seen in that visionofhers?
He quirked a brow. “Howso?’
“Because we are going to go through the mirror much the same way Aubriella did. It was part of Peyton’s vision. That’s why I knew I hadtocome.”
That’s right. When she first walked in she’d said they’d needed to talk. The vision had been her reasoning for seeking him out. The one question he had was who was she more concerned with—Aubriella or Genevieve. If she was coming to him, she must realize that he’d only go if he was saving Genevieve. It wasn’t that he didn’t care about Aubriella, but she’d never beenhisgoal.
Regina entered the room before Trenton had a chance to respond. She looked back and forth between the two of them. “What didImiss?”
“Nothing much,” Trenton said. “Serenity was about to agree to help me travel through the mirror and saveGenevieve.”
He wasn’t sure if that was what she was going to do one way or the other. All he was certain of was that she would do it. If she was aiming to help Aubriella, then they could cross that bridge when they gottoit.
“Then we’re in agreement?”Serenitysaid.
“Yes,” he said. “The question is—when dowego?”
Trenton wasn’t sure how any of it worked. He may have watched Aubriella step through the mirror, but he couldn’t see what she had. He didn’t know where she went or even if it was the same time and place Genevievewasin.
“No time like the present,” Serenitysupposed.
She walked over to the mirror and placed her hand on her reflection and stared into it. He’d have to trust her as much as he didn’t want to. He turned to Regina and said, “We willbeback.”
With those words, he walked over to Serenity and held onto her hand. She slowly led him through the mirror. The path wasn’t quite liquid, but at the same time it was fluid—always moving and changing. It was almost suffocating and he had the urge to yank his hand out of hers, but she held on tight. She must have known and planned for it. Trenton choked as he breathed in the smoky film and then everything wentblack.
