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“I don’t know,” Ash says, playing with the cuffs around his wrists.
“How did we end up here?”
“We were giving Benji time, but another supernatural took us by surprise. He took over our minds.” He flicks his head to the door. He’s quietly letting me know not to talk because someone is listening.
The knob starts to turn, and I drag my attention back to the door.
Oh no!
Fuck!
It’s Theo.
Chapter twenty-five
Kat
It’spossibletolivewith someone for half of your life and not know a single thing about them; the man staring me down from the doorway is living proof.
“Kat.” Theo walks into the bedroom with his perfectly tailored suit like nothing is wrong and he didn’t just kidnap my kids.
My mouth is so parched, I try to lick my lips before asking, “Did you do something to me?”
“I had to get one of my guys to get into your head and trick you into believing that what was happening to you was real.” I shiver at the thought of someone manipulating the images in my head. I’m getting a taste of my own power, and I don’t like it.
“W-why?” I stutter and hate myself for it. “Why would you do that?” Knowing how easy it was for a stranger to invade the privacy of my mind makes me uncomfortable.
He shrugs without a care in the world. “To let you know that I can get into your head and make you see or feel whatever the fuck I want.” The way he answers so nonchalantly irritates me. He wants to let me know that he holds all the power and I have none. It’s exactly the sort of bullshit behavior I’ve come to expect from my ex-husband.
Since I became a shifter, the extreme temperatures don’t bother me the same way they did when I was human, but now my whole body shivers and shakes like I’m standing in the middle of a blizzard with no clothes on. It’s the same feeling I had in the dreamscape.
The man standing before me, the person I believed loved me, stares at me with the indifference of a perfect stranger.
“Where aremykids?” I ask as I grip the blanket tighter, grateful the cuffs are long enough for me to cover my body.
He ignores my question. “The kids you took from the facility?” he asks. His face turns angry for a single moment, but his mask slides back into place effortlessly, and he looks pleasant again. This is who I met at the diner for the first time when I was just a teen—the guy who made me feel like I was special.
I hate him.
My body is on edge and ready to pounce. If only I wasn’t so fucking cold, I’d try to get out of these cuffs.
What the hell is going on with my body?
“It’s the guy that left earlier. He’s making you believe you’re cold so you can’t move,” Ash answers my question without me having to voice it out loud. I hold onto my body tightly, wishing there was a heater in here to warm me up.
“Ava and Ezra are in the next room, Kat. If you cooperate, I’ll let you see them.” My teeth chatter loudly. I fucking hate this man with every bone in my body.
“W-why did you take them away from me?” I stutter. I hate this. I hate that I’m always so vulnerable when I’m around him. I hate that he always has the upper hand.
I watch as he smirks and makes his way to the bed. I try to scoot back but hit the back of the bed frame. There’s nowhere to go.
Theo grabs his phone from his pocket and dials a number before bringing it to his ear. “You can let go of the power, Jace.” One second I’m freezing, and the next, my body is back to normal.
I watch as he takes every confident step toward me as if he’s already won this battle. I look over at Az. He’s still passed the fuck out, and Ash is scrunching his forehead with so much force that it’s like he’s trying to fight something I can’t see.
“Stay the fuck away from her, Theo,” he spits Theo’s name like it leaves a bad taste in his mouth.
Theo chuckles sinisterly as the hair on the back of my neck stands up. I’ve never seen this side of him before. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the real Theo at all, and that’s a very scary thought considering how long I lived with this man.
