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2024-10-29 19:42:56“The way I see it, we’ve got three problems we’ve gotta solve, and only one of ‘em has to come first.”
Jo tried to listen to what her uncle was telling her, but her mind was wandering back to what had just transpired with Zane a few hours ago. It was nearly the middle of the night again. This was the time she should’ve been sleeping, but she wasn’t. Instead, she was sitting in the same den where she’d had the conversation with Ryker earlier. He wasn’t present--probably fast asleep since he seemed to make a hell of a lot more sense most of the time than she did. Instead, she was joined by both of her uncles, Elliott having pried Brandon away from Cassidy’s bedside for a few moments, as well as Mikali, Mila, Cadon, Lucas, and Heather.
“The first one we’ve got to solve is how to fix Cassidy,” Brandon said, getting a nod from his dad. Jo figured that was their fir
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“You just promised I could do somethin’ that’s damn near impossible, honey,” Heather said, her arms folded beneath her chest as she stared into Jo’s eyes, unblinking. “I can’t get Cassidy back that quickly. Hell, I’m not sure I can get her back at all.”“I know, Heather. And I’m sorry,” Jo assured her. “But I didn’t know what else to do. We have to help Jamie, and the only way Lucas would agree to it is if we took Cassidy with us. We can’t take her with us if she still doesn’t know who she is. So… you’ve got to fix her. And fix her fast.”Heather shook her head until her curls danced. “Nope, nope, nope. Ain’t gonna happen.”“I believe in you, Heather,” Jo said, knowing the
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“Holy shit! She remembers!” Elliott said, drawing Cassidy’s eyes to him.“What’s happening?” Cassidy asked. “Why am I tied to this bed?”“Cassidy, do you… do you really know who I am?” Brandon asked, startled.“Yeah, of course I do. You’re my husband. What is happening?”They all turned their attention to Heather who wasn’t talking yet. It was clear that whatever she’d done to get Cassidy back, it had all but drained Heather completely. “Is it safe to untie her, Heather?” Elliott asked.Heather slowly nodded, and all three of the others moved to untie Cassidy who sat up all the way and rubbed at her wrist
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“I need a plane,” Jo said for about the hundredth time. Lucas was nodding. He understood her concerns, but he couldn’t help her. The man could produce a lot of things, including an army of Souled Vampires and this beautiful mansion in the middle of the frozen tundra, but he couldn’t seem to come up with a plane, and the ones they’d used to get there in the first place were long gone. “I’d like to help you, Jo, I really would,” Lucas said, shrugging. “But I told you. I can’t get you a plane. There are no planes here. You’re going to have to go to another country to get one.” “But we don’t have time!” Jo sighed in exasperation, running her hands through her hair. A few strands came out between her fingers. “Why didn’t you mention this to me earlier when I was telling you my plan for going back to the US?” “I though
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The drive to the airport was fast and silent, for the most part. Jo sat in the passenger seat while Zane drove with Heather and Scott in the back seat. Elliott was driving another vehicle with Cassidy, Brandon and Ryker in it while Cadon drove a third with Cale, Dax, and Mandy. The fourth vehicle they were taking had Meagan, her daughter Shayna, and Lucy in it, but she had no idea which of them was driving. Whoever it was behind the wheel was keeping up with Elliott, and that was saying something because he was driving like a man who’d been challenged to make a two hour drive in less than an hour.The roads were icy and slick, but Zane managed to stay in Elliott’s tracks, and he wasn’t having any problems sliding around. The fact that he wasn’t able to die probably made him a little less cautious than most people would be.Whether it was
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Ryker confiding in her that his family had been killed at an airport struck Jo deeply, something she hadn’t been expecting. She wanted to know more, but she also didn’t want to pry. She’d already said she was sorry, which always seemed like a stupid thing to say in that situation, in her opinion. Asking questions might piss him off. But then, if he wanted to talk about it, maybe she should let him.“What happened?” she asked him.He shook his head slowly from side to side, and Jo assumed that meant he wasn’t going to answer her. She went back to staring out the window.“We were trying to leave the country,” he said, his voice soft, almost monotone.Jo didn’t turn her head to look at him for fear her emotions might mak
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The sound of someone calling her name jarred Jo awake. She sat up straight, realizing she’d fallen asleep in the co-pilot’s seat. Alarmed, she looked around, petrified that she’d touched something she wasn’t supposed to.“Are you awake now?” Ryker asked. “Can I hit the head?”“Huh?” she asked, wiping sleep from her eyes. “I’m awake, but I don’t know how to fly this thing.”“You don’t need to,” Ryker told her, already unbuckling his seatbelt. “Autopilot is on.”“Then… why do I need to be awake,” she asked, a bit more sarcastic than she intended.“Because… you tend to thrash while you
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The angry monsters were coming at them, and Jo, Zane, Scott, and Cassidy were outnumbered at least ten to one. The chances of them being able to shoot all of the monsters dead before any of them died were slim to none.Thankfully, Cassidy didn’t have to shoot the monsters in order for her to get them out of their way. As Jo and Zane worked on shooting them, Cassidy used her powers to create a bubble around the monsters, one they couldn’t break through. Jo held her fire, afraid she might do something to mess Cassidy’s plan up. The men followed suit. The monsters were contained, but it wasn't clear how long they would stay that way, and they were still blocking the group from reaching the door, the only means of escape.For now.Cassidy directed Jo, Scott, and Zane to move behind her. “Get out
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The penthouse was far quieter than Cadon had ever experienced before. At least, he couldn’t remember a time when his previous home wasn’t buzzing with noise of some kind. Whether it was his parents talking and laughing or loud music coming from his sister’s room, noise always filled the space. Now, he was sitting on a foreign sofa in a room that was painted the wrong color and had no decorations on the wall, and all he could think about was whether or not any of his family members would ever be in this home with him again.He’d decided to stop sitting in Christian’s office after a couple of hours of waiting for Jo to come back through the portal with his mom. It wasn’t that he didn’t have faith in either his sister or his mother. It was just… Ashley had told him the room was finished, and he’d needed to see it.
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