Tree Of Souls (Transfusion Saga #6) - Stephanie Hudson Page 0,20

shocking blow,

“Well, that’s the kicker, as soon as they realised you were gone they both left together.”

“What!?” I shouted in utter shock at even the thought of it. For one why would Lucius even bother now that the pretense was over and secondly, why would my father even allow him to tag along? None of it made sense.

“They are both on their way back from the airport now, which I can guess they won’t be too pleased about seeing as you weren’t there…were you?”

“That’s not a bad assumption to have there, Thor,” I replied making him scoff.

“I can’t believe they are together after what he did,” I muttered mainly to myself.

“Yeah, well, it’s true dad lost his shit after learning about you and Luc…” Theo started to say making me shout out, interrupting him,

“He knows that?!”

“Wait, Fae, why do I feel like I am missing a big piece of what is really going on here?” he asked making me realise that my time was up and now was the time to end the call. I had involved him too much as it was.

“Theo, I am sorry, I have to go, just do me a favour and tell dad that I am sorry…okay.”

“No wait! Look, please just let me help you…you don’t have to do this alone… fuck Fae, you don’t need to do this at all! If you need a place to crash, then come stay with me. I will protect you, I will keep that shit stain away from you and…” I closed my eyes against just how tempting it was not to have to do this on my own, but then I knew that it wouldn’t be me running, it would just be me hiding from the inevitable life I would have to go back to.

“Thanks, but I…I can’t.”

“Why the fuck not?” he snapped.

“Because I can’t involve you in my problems and besides, I am pretty sure after this I will be the black sheep of the family even more than I already was,” I told him with a shrug of my shoulders he couldn’t see.

“Don’t say that! Shit Fae, I don’t know what has happened here other than dad finding out about you two, but surely running is not the answer, not when there is a fucking threat out there and…” I cut him off once more,

“I dealt with that…look, I will be fine, don’t worry okay and…” I froze the second I heard the other voice in the room, making me tense all over.

“Is that her…is that Faith?!” My mum’s desperate voice invaded the conversation and it nearly broke me.

“Look, I have to…” I started to say when suddenly she was there.

“Faith…oh, thank God you’re okay! Sweetheart please, you need to listen to me.” I closed my eyes once more and held them tight as tears started to seep from beneath them, telling her in a hard tone I felt cracking,

“No mum, that’s where you’re wrong, I don’t need to listen to anything…”

“It’s not what you think, you’ve got it all wrong. Me and Luc aren’t or never have been anything more than just friends…please believe me, I don’t know what you heard but it wasn’t what you…” This was when I hit my breaking point and snapped,

“I can’t listen to this! I have to go… just tell dad I am sorry. Goodbye Mum,” I said quickly hanging up just as she shouted on the end for me to listen and before she could say anything more. Because I didn’t want to listen to it right then. Maybe one day I would ring and listen to what she had to say, but I knew what I had seen. I knew what I had heard. They had kissed, they had shared a moment, spoken the words.

What else could it have been?

There was no other explanation than the one I had witnessed.

The reasons behind my breaking heart…

The confessions of their affair.

Chapter 5

Bad Ass and Bats

After ending the call to my Mum, I found myself shaking as I didn’t know what I wanted to do first, scream in anger or agony. Because I didn’t want to allow her words to create doubt in my mind. I didn’t want that poisonous and lying emotion called hope clouding my decision to leave.

No, she was just saying all of those things to try and get me to go back there. Because she loved me still, like a mother would. She cared for my safety. She would say anything. I swallowed hard and