He grunts. The frustration is audible.
“You got something else you want to say?”
“I don’t know how to explain it. The Lunar goddess has been talking to me.”
“What?” I swerve and quickly correct myself, returning to my side of the double yellow lines. “The hell. You don’t just spring that on someone.”
“The battle among ourselves was the first, but not the last.”
“And you’re just telling me this now?”
“I had to be sure of the message and that they were more than just dreams.”
“Shit. Did you tell the Alpha?”
His silence is deafening.
“Orion. This could be seen as treason.” Driving one-handed, I rake my fingers through my dark brown hair.
“She said I’d known when it was time to share.”
“And you didn’t think when he gave us this mission was time?”
“No,” he answers firmly.
“Lunar Goddess, save us from yourfeelings,Orion.” I roll my shoulders, trying to ease the tension in my body.
“I know you don’t understand, but you will.”
“Why does that sound more like a threat than a reassurance?” I snap.
“Because you like being in control, and this is out of your hands,” Orion all but sing songs.
“Don’t sound so smug about it, jerk.”
“I’m just delivering the message, asshole. Don’t take it out on me.”
“What do you know?” I ask despite my misgivings.
“Things are going to continue to change at a rapid rate—.”
“About my involvement.”
“You were meant for way more than you give yourself credit for, Lev. She needs both of us.”
“Both of us to what?”
He sighs and shakes his head. “I’m still figuring that out.”
“Enlightening, Orion.”
“She wants to come to you, but you weren’t ready.”
I’m not now.
“Tell her to bring it.” I feign indifference.
Turn off at the next exit.The voice in my head sends chills down my spine and demands obedience. I inhale sharply and put on the turn signal, working my way across two lanes. The energy in the car shifts. The air thickens, and the scent of pine and snow fills the cab. Power prickles over my skin. It feels like the air before a shift.