pain and replaced it with my cooling energy. That’s why you felt the coolness.” Kallos remembers something that Ian said, that he could do more damage.
“How many times have you done this?” Sean looks away from her and starts to bite his bottom lip. That can’t be a good sign.
“Our mom showed me how to do it about a year ago, but I never tried it before you.” So, she was his lab rat? For some reason this doesn’t make her feel any better. Kallos is kind of mad at him, but whatever he did, it worked. He looks up her body, and she knows he is feeling her anger.
When Sean’s eyes meet hers, Kallos sees sadness. “I’m sorry, but I don’t ever want you in pain, and I won’t sit here and watch it when I can do something about it. Yes, I took a chance when I sent my power into you, but I had a good feeling that it would work.” Ian still hasn’t said anything. She looks past Sean, and Ian is still standing in the same place. He still doesn’t look happy; he still looks like he wants to rip Sean apart. Kallos never thought she would see Ian like this.
“Ian?” She asks, but he won't look at her. Kallos can almost feel the heat pouring from him. Sean turns and gets his first look at Ian.
“Bro? What’s going on?” Ian’s eyes are on Sean and him alone. Kallos knows that she needs to do something, but she isn’t sure what to do. She can swear that something flickered in Ian’s eyes. Ian said that his eyes didn’t change; only Sean’s did. Sean moves closer to Ian. That put them both at the foot of her bed.
“Your eyes, Man, they just changed.” Kallos isn’t seeing things.
“We had a deal,” Ian said through his teeth and starts to move closer to Sean. Okay,
Kallos needs to do something about this quickly. Since she is feeling better, she gets up and steps between them. It didn’t stop Ian though. He continues to walk as if she isn’t standing there. Kallos has to put out her hand to stop him. As soon as her hand is on his chest, heat runs up her arm and then spreads though her body.
She gasps, but doesn’t move her hand away. She is afraid if she does, Ian will go right through her. She has a feeling that Sean can take care of himself, but she doesn’t want to see that. Ian is still acting like she isn’t standing in front of him like he has tunnel vision and Sean is the only thing at the end of the tunnel. Kallos looks up at him and sees that his eyes did change. His normal baby blues had a darker, more threatening blue floating across them. “Why would you back out of our deal?” Kallos doesn’t dare to look away from Ian's dark eyes, but she has a feeling that Sean needs to answer.
“I think you should answer him, Sean,” she said, and Ian’s gaze fell to hers for a second. His eyes still have those dark blue clouds.
“She was in pain, and we both don’t like to see her in pain.” Ian’s eyes narrows, and he doesn’t look like he really believes Sean.
“What if you had hurt her more? You have never done it before, and Mom said it could do more harm if not done right. You put her in more danger.” His body started to heat up more, almost to the point of burning Kallos. She gasps, but kept her hand where it is.
“Ian, you’re the one hurting her now,” Sean said, and Ian looks down at her. Ian's body temperature gets higher, and now he is burning her hand. Kallos still doesn't pull away from him; she hopes he will calm down. Ian's dark, cloudy eyes narrow on her, and he backs away. She grabs her injured hand with her other hand. Kallos looks down, and she can see a blister forming on her palm. She gives Ian one last glance; he is looking at her with so much concern on his face. She lets her gaze fall to the floor. She can't bear to look at him right now and she is a little frightened of him. “Maybe I should stay here tonight,” Sean breaks the tension.
“I think that would be best,” Kallos whispers, and she doesn’t even glance up to see Ian's face.
“Yeah, I need to be alone.