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Walking forward, I leaned against the doorjamb of my bathroom and asked, “Do you even want to touch me?” His arms were folded over his chest and he was glaring at me. “You look like you’d rather fight me than hug me.”
“We’ve confirmed you can’t have sense beaten into you at this point,” he said and snarled.
“Get out,” I whispered.
Riddick raised his hand. “Ember, wait, let’s just talk and?—”
“What do you want from me, Caleb? Do you want me to beg your forgiveness for saving your asses? To swear I would never do it again?”
“That would be a start,” he snapped.
Riddick slapped a hand over his face. “Caleb, shut up.”
“No, it’s fine. I get it. You’re mad at me. You’re mad that I risked myself to save you. Well, guess what, Your Highness, I’ll never apologize for that. And I would do it all again in a heartbeat. So, until you pull your head out of your ass, I don’t want to see you.”
“One more portal, Ember. You only had to make one more portal.” His chest was heaving and his teeth were bared as he spoke.
“I almost killed myself making the ones I did!” I yelled.
“And yet you still won’t admit you shouldn’t have done it!” he shouted back.
“You would have done the same if you were in my shoes,” I countered. “If you could have saved all of us and left yourself there to fight, you would have.”
He opened his mouth and closed it.
Ha!
“You said you wouldn’t shut me out or torment me like you did the last time you got mad at me,” I reminded him. “Yet, neither of you has even tried to hug me or expressed your happiness that I’m alive and well after what we went through.” After what I said … though I wouldn’t voice that part.
“We are happy you’re well,” Riddick said. “We’re just also?—”
“Assholes,” I finished for him. Staring into Caleb’s eyes, I put my hand over his mark on my wrist, and said, “I revoke your mark.” A slight burn followed the words and his mark disappeared.
Caleb stumbled back, eyes wide in horror. “Em?—”
Grabbing my phone, I waved it at him. “I’ll be back in a few hours. See, advanced warning this time.”
His eyes widened and Riddick reached for me as they both realized what I meant.
Unfortunately for them, I was fully recharged, so I teleported myself to my apartment. Once there, I went up to the roof, set my phone on the table, ignoring that it was already ringing, shifted into my rabbit form, and climbed into the planter box full of fluffy, leafy plants that hid me from the sun and made me feel safe.
The building shook and my eyes shot open. Was someone attacking the building again? How did they know I was here?
Hands reached into the leaves and grabbed me. I bit down, drawing blood.
“Ouch!” Caleb hissed as he finished pulling me out of my napping spot.
I’d started to feel bad for biting, but not when I realized it was him.
When I tried to wiggle my way out of his hands, he gently set me on the cushion of the loveseat and sat on the other cushion. “I don’t blame you for biting me.”
Hopping off the seat, I headed towards the door to go to my apartment.
“I’m sorry!” he shouted. “Can you please come back?”
Shifting forms, I shook my head at him. “No, you’re not ready for me.”
“I was never ready for you.” He laughed softly. “You fell into my life and set it on fire.”
