threatening his own son?
Since we found out he was our sponsor, the idea never sat well within my heart. That was why I made a backup plan with Professor Phoenix in secret. It seemed a little foolish at first, and I kept apologizing for being overprotective, but if I’d learned anything in the last three years of school, it’s that people will go to great lengths to get rid of another's happiness.
I was positive that night when we'd left the club that his father wouldn't be pleased with Connor's obvious display of loving not only me but Jax as well, but he had no right to try to meddle in Connor's life after ditching his mother and fabricating a story that best suited his situation. He was rich and could have easily given Connor a wonderful, blessed life, but instead made excuses and wanted to push the duties over to someone else while wishing ill to the woman he'd impregnated in the first place.
We didn't know all the details, and I'm sure Connor's mother would tell him on another occasion as they built their relationship once more, but no way would I stand around and let this man waltz into Connor’s life just so he could threaten to ruin it all.
Not when we've come this far.
The warning about failure came to my mind once more, and it was enough to make me come to a dramatic stop as my mind started speculating if this was the situation the woman in my dream was talking about.
No.
I blinked at the single word that brought a wave of calm with its chill movement.
Evil intentions require justice. Not the trial we seek to submit to.
Her words felt right in my gut, and I wasn't going to ignore my intuition now.
Thanks, Marianna.
She was gone already, but I knew she would hear my words of gratitude as I dashed forward before turning another corner. I found the windows that were for the men’s changing room, and I thanked the heavens because one of them was open.
With the fact that it was on the third floor I knew it was going to be a pain, but I didn't have time to worry or delay as I began to run away from the building then made a sharp U-turn that had me racing towards it.
"Levitanda Magica Le RU!"
My declaration was followed with me pushing off the ground mid-step and running sideways up the building as orange and gold magic circles formed beneath my running feet with each step that followed.
I was sliding through the window in seconds, dropping to the tile floor before my eyes scanned the room quickly. I heard soft sobs coming from my left, and I moved silently to the aisle of lockers to find Connor.
His hand was against the metal surface, and I immediately noticed the dents that had to be made from his bruised-up fists. His aura was raging in fury, but the color it projected was what worried me.
Black.
He muttered another curse and immediately punched the surface once more, the action enough to make a wound in his knuckles. Blood began to pour along his skin and drip to the white tile floor.
I approached with caution, making my steps be known with my school dress shoes. It made no sense why I'd switched out of my running shoes from cheer practice, a thought that just seemed to make sense, but now that the heels of my shoes made their echoing entrance, it felt like it was needed.
He needs to know that he's not alone.
I had confidence that Connor would know it was me, whether it was by my aura or the perfume I always used during cheer practice because he specifically loved it.
My feet came to a stop as I reached his side, and I noticed how his tears continued to fall.
"Connor," I whispered, but allowed my hands to remain by my sides. They itched to comfort my lover, to glide against his flesh and assure him that there was a plan brewing behind the scenes and that everything would be okay.
He ignored me, and I noticed the slight tremor of the building, the lights beginning to go on and off.
"Connor." I said his name more firmly, realizing that the movement of the building was his doing. I could hear laughter coming from the hallway, the sound making me bite my lip hard so I wouldn't react too soon.
All of this was planned, it had to be, but I couldn't let Connor