I gently pulled my fangs out and licked the rest of him off my lips.
“Whew,” Trey said, closing his eyes momentarily as he swayed. “Girl, you pack some serious feelings in those fangs of yours.” I saw him reach down and adjust himself in his jeans and I immediately looked away. That wasn’t something I wanted to take notice of on my gay best friend.
“So, did I pass your test?” I asked, turning to Ruarc and his Army. “Trey tasted good, but I didn’t have any trouble stopping. Frankly, I prefer human…” I was unable to finish my sentence because at that exact moment, the strangest thing I had ever felt started happening to me.
It started out as a tingle in my finger tips and quickly spread to my entire body. Within seconds I was on the ground and alternatingly clutching my head and heart.
Chapter Thirteen
“Skye?” Trey called worriedly as Hagan pulled him away from me.
As quick as a bullet from a gun, I was waylaid by a debilitating bombardment of emotions. I was experiencing overwhelming feelings of disgust, anger, hatred, worry, concern, fear, and confusion.
Trey called out something in Gaelic and then he was on the floor comforting me. “It’s okay, sugar. Breathe… just breathe. Don’t fight it. Let the emotions wash over you,” he cooed as he stroked my hair and held on to me. “I know it’s overwhelming at first but just keep breathing, honey.”
“What’s happening to her?” Ruarc asked.
“From what I can feel coming off her, she is somehow picking up the emotions of everyone in this room,” Trey said gently as he slowly sat me up and wrapped his delicate arms around me. “She’s feeling exactly what I’m feeling as an Empath and it’s not an easy thing to handle if you aren’t used to it.”
All the negative feelings of disgust, hate, and anger were becoming less pronounced as feelings of love started to take the forefront in my heart.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” someone whispered, sounding about as shocked as I was feeling myself.
“Impossible.”
“Can it be true?”
“Silence,” Ruarc barked as he kneeled down in front of me. “Speak. Tell me what you are experiencing.”
I was beginning to be able to handle everyone’s emotions now that Trey’s love was the strongest since he was wrapped protectively around me. I tried to explain what I felt to Ruarc as best as I could but it was hard to put into words since it was like nothing I had ever experienced before.
“So, you are telling me you started picking up the emotions of those in this room after you fed from Trey?” Ruarc asked as he stood up and stared down at me.
“Y-Yes, sir,” I whispered as I clutched Trey’s arms tighter and closed my eyes, trying hard to focus on his feelings of calm and love. I would forever be grateful to him for sticking by me and shoving his emotions to the forefront of all the others.
“Do you think that maybe she’s an Empath such as Nathaniel?” someone asked.
“Nay,” said a different voice. “The divine gift of Empathy is something she would have felt immediately upon awakening. We performed the Test of Divine Power moments ago and she was unaware of any gifts at that time.”
“Maybe she is absorbing the Divine Power like Amun is able to do when he drinks from one of us,” Hagan whispered.
Sudden fear coursed through me and not all of it was mine. I knew my pitch black eyes told of Amun’s strong influence in me but I hadn’t wanted to believe that I was truly like him. I whimpered in fear as I looked up at Trey.
“No, sugar,” Trey shook his head and rocked me gently as he held me tighter. “Don’t even think it. You are nothing like that bastard. You are good, sweet, and yes… a bit different than the rest of us, but you are not him honey. You will never be him.”
I glanced up at Ruarc from under my eyelashes and he was staring down at me with a mix of emotions on his face. I couldn’t feel what he was feeling because Trey was pushing so much of his positivity, love, and comfort on me, so I reached my hand up for Ruarc’s. He stared at it a few moments before gently touching the tips of his fingers to mine.
Ruarc’s emotions crashed over me like a tidal wave and for a moment, I felt like I was drowning. His emotions were very strong,