In the room, I lock the door and change out of the athletic clothing and am standing in a pair of jean shorts and a bra, looking for a shirt.
“Hmm,” someone clears their throat behind me. Jumping around, I find Larkin staring at me.
“Can’t you knock or something?” I demand. It is rude to just show up like that without giving any notice.
“I could, but that’s no fun.” His smile widens and I watch as his eyes slowly travel down my body. “Would you like to finish getting dressed?”
“What?” I look down and gasp. I’m still not wearing a shirt. I’m standing in front of Larkin in nothing but a black lacy bra. Quickly, I try to cover my chest. I notice that Larkin’s eyes linger on the long scar under my ribs. “Oh my gosh.” I turn around and grab the first t-shirt I find, which is just a plain black form fitting shirt. Throwing it on, I turn around and grab Larkin’s arm, pulling him downstairs.
“Where are you taking me?”
“Assuming you probably wouldn’t just show up unless you had something important to say, I’m taking you downstairs, so you can just tell everyone at once.”
Entering the kitchen, I announce, “Look who just popped into my room while I was changing.”
“What?” Colton stands up and glares at Larkin.
“Oh, sit down pretty boy. She was almost fully dressed.” He smirks at me. With my arms crossed, I motion for him to continue. “I have important news.” When he has our attention, he continues, “Ryanne, Dravin’s coming for you again. He doesn’t know where you are exactly, but he’ll find out soon enough. I’ve tried to…”
“What? It’s too early. The leaves haven’t started changing yet,” I interrupt what he is saying. I’ve had this vision before, but it was different. What changed?
“What are you talking about?” Larkin asks me.
“I had a vision that you were telling me that exact thing. Is he also going to try to rig the house to blow up?”
“Well….yeah. He’s going to try.”
“When?”
“I’d give it about a week. Maybe a little more. Soon though.”
Colton and Liam curse, Logan and David both just shake their heads, and Emma reaches out and grabs my arm. Dravin is coming for me. I always knew he was, but I thought I could just live happily until the day actually came. I thought I would know when he was searching for me—when he was close. I feel more prepared this time, but still it scares me that he is trying so hard to get me. I can hear the wind outside start to pick up, but I can’t control it. When I think about Dravin, my thoughts drift towards Adam. Adam is working for him and both want to harm me.
Tom and Claire run into the room, “What’s wrong? The weather’s changing,” says Claire.
Taking a deep breath, I try to control my emotions. I walk over to Larkin. “It’s fine. We’ve been training. We knew that this would happen. It’s just a little sooner than I originally thought. Thanks for telling us. Please don’t get caught. I don’t want you to get hurt because you are helping us.”
“Don’t worry about me. Just try to keep safe.” With that, he blinks out of the room. I return to the spot, I was standing in before. Closing my eyes, I concentrate on calming down. I feel someone start rubbing my back.
“Don’t worry. We’ll do everything to make sure Dravin doesn’t get you. We’ll keep you safe,” says Colton.
“Colton, it’s not herself that she’s worried about.” Liam says, “She’s worried about all of us.”
I lift my head and look at him, “Can you read minds too?”
“No, I just know you.”
“Ok, so what are we going to do?” Logan demands.
All eyes look at Claire. “We stay here. There’s not a whole lot we can do at this moment. You guys can continue training. My intuition is telling me that we need to remain here.”
“That’s all we’re going to do? Stay here and let Dravin come to us?” Colton yells at Claire. I’d never seen him talk back to his aunt before.
I reach out and grab his arm, bringing his attention to me and away from Claire. “It’s the best thing to do right now. You knew that he was coming.”
“Yes, but I thought that we would come up with a plan to get away safely. Not just stay here, waiting. Do you want to get captured again?” I can feel the anger radiating