“Oh!” She beams at me, “look at you!”
She heads right for me and before she can even reach me there is a flurry of activity, bodies jumping up, intercepting hers from mine and then there’s Lex, forcing himself in front of me, holding me to his back with one arm whilst his other pulls at the Glock he has concealed.
Kingston, all the while just leans back in his chair and tucks his hands behind his head, grinning. As if this is the funniest thing to happen to him in a while.
“Well,” he comments, “A little touchy aren’t we, my sister here is just very fond of Wren.”
“Your sister needs to back the fuck up!” Ryker threatens, I hadn’t noticed him come up on my other side, teeth bared.
“It’s okay,” I say, “I trust her.”
And it was true.
I didn’t believe she would hurt me, there was something about her, something seriously unhinged, somethingdarkbut I truly believed that darkness stemmed to something else entirely.
Lex looks to me, I see the confliction, but I also know he wants to give me my own say, my own rule and when I plead him with my eyes, beg him in a way that will only ever be between the two of us he sighs heavily and stands taller, straightening himself and forcing himself to relax a little though he doesn’t put the gun away.
“At ease,” he orders.
The men around me straighten, tucking their weapons away, all but Ryker and Lex. They sit, though they keep their weapons in view at all times. Isobel cocks a brow, looking at each and every one individually before she huffs and shrugs her shoulder, continuing towards me. Her hands cup my face the moment she is within touching distance, and she stares at me intently, eyes bouncing between mine, “So much fire.”
“Hello.”
She grins, her teeth a stark contrast to the red staining her lip.
“I am so happy to see you well, Wren.”
My brows draw down, there was something about this woman, something that didn’t screamoff,but unusual. It didn’t feel unsafe, but I was also starting to understand that people in this life, they wear many faces.
“Heart,” Lex barks, “tell me why you are here.”
I cock my head, it appears I arrived right at the nick of time. I wanted to know exactly what it was that Kingston desired.