and guilt. I’m not sure about all of the sadness, but I think part of it and the guilt would have been mine to bear if we’d gone on.” She licked her lips and looked up at them through her lashes. She seemed to be waiting for their reaction.
“We’ll send someone to have a look around the area to see if we can find any sign of anyone trying to hide or strangers.” Linc smiled at Cami and patted her arm.
She stiffened and glared at him. Colm knew that Linc’s words hadn’t soothed her. From the sharpening of her scent, her emotions were raging. He didn’t know what to do to soothe her or even what had set her off. Hadn’t she wanted them to send someone to look for signs of Laed and Kynar?
“You’ll send someone, but you don’t really think you’re going to find anything. Why go to the bother? You don’t have to humor me.” She tugged on her hand again. “Colm, if you don’t let me go, I’m going to bite.”
He released her, but not because of her threat to bite. He didn’t want to panic her. By the glowing light in her eyes, her emotions were rising out of control again. She looked a little surprised and sat there without moving for a few minutes.
“It’s not that we don’t believe you. Even you admit that you’ve never experienced anything such as this. We don’t know what to believe. When the men came over the wall, you dreamed it. We’re going to search because we don’t want to remain ignorant of their presence if they are here,” Colm explained hoping that it helped her understand.
She snarled and lunged to her feet. His fingers slipped over hers as he grabbed for her, but somehow, she’d edged out from between him and the chair. He stood, but stopped as Linc gave a small shake of his head. He looked at Cami again and remained still. Her feet thudded lightly against the woven carpet as she paced to the shelf and whirled around to stomp back toward them. She never got within reach. He didn’t know if he’d have resisted the urge to grab her if she had.
“I know what I felt and I don’t feel that level of anger much less hatred toward anyone, not even Laed and Kynar. I want them dead, but not that kind of hate. That wasn’t my emotion. I know it.” She stopped to glare at them and one of her hands braced on her hip.
“That may be, but you can’t be sure whose anger you were picking up on. It might not be Laed and Kynar. It might not even have anything to do with today. It could be days from now. Since this experience is so different from anything else you’ve had, we’ll have to wait and see.” Linc shrugged.
She growled and threw her hands up in the air. “They’re here. You can wait for confirmation if you want, but it was them. I knew you wouldn’t believe me without proof, but you needed to know. They have no honor and they’ll kill anyone who crosses their path if they get the opportunity.”
She stalked out of the room before Colm could say anything to that or even hope to come up with something that might soothe her temper. Since he didn’t even know why she was so angry, that was a long shot anyway. He started for the door.
“She’s still coming into her power.” The chatar’s voice cut through the room. “Not even close to reaching her peak yet.”
Colm turned and looked at the chatar. “She’s right, then? They are here.”
“Tyson would have died if they’d gone near the forest. I didn’t know about it until she started talking.” The chatar’s voice was soft, but his eyes locked on the warrior.
Colm didn’t need to have it explained any further. His hands fisted at his sides and his head lowered. As much as he’d told himself they were going to support her, they hadn’t. Hell, he hadn’t really given much credence to what she was saying because of the way it had come to her. They had been humoring her.
“Why is it different this time?” Linc’s voice broke the silence in the room.
“It was different this time because of the situation. Her nervousness. She wasn’t asleep, relaxed or trying to meditate to see something more. The flashes and emotions were warnings and she heeded them. As she learns to use her abilities,