Page 73 of G.O.D.S Omnibus

“Do you remember?” he whispers, seeming almost vulnerable, needing this to be the case. I nod, and he immediately leans over, capturing me in his arms and pulling me close. I freeze at his sudden contact, and he pulls back. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be. It’s just a lot to process and things are still fuzzy.” My stomach growls and suddenly I’m starving.

“Do you want to start with breakfast?” Food sounds great right now, so I nod.

I came here with so many questions, and now I have so many more. All of my memories are supposedly back, so they might hold the truth.

“Let’s get you fed,” he says, standing and holding out his hand.

I take it, and more memories of him surface. Me sneaking off from my studies to watch him train, his lean body clean of tattoos. Staring at a fresh brand on the back of his leg when he had his shorts tucked up. It was red and angry looking.

I shake that last image off and slide out of bed. The sight that greets me in the kitchen is jarring. Chester and Kai are cooking and notice me walk in. Memories surface of Kai getting frustrated because I couldn’t pick a lock, and Chester teaching me how to make a fart bomb so I could steal a teacher’s laptop and get Marlow to help me change my grades.

“Good morning, princess.” Kai smiles, plating up some bacon.

“Morning. Where is everyone else?” I ask, taking a spot at the breakfast bar, and Creed sits down on my right.

“Trace had to be taken back before anyone knew he was missing, and Brennan has driven the others home, so youweren’t overwhelmed as soon as you woke up. He will be back to pick you up soon.”

“Thank you,” I say. “Can anyone tell me why I’m not freaking the fuck out right now?”

Chester adds some poached eggs to my plate as Kai adds the bacon and toast. Creed’s arm is pressed up against mine, like he needs to feel me to know I’m here.

“Right now, it’s probably because you have enough calmative in your system to tranquillise a horse,” Creed jokes.

“Mostly it’s because that is how we were created,” Kai explains. “Have you noticed that you don’t react how others would in situations?”

“You mean like when I found out that Brennan and the guys probably were involved with mine and Trace’s kidnapping, but I still fucked them anyway?”

They all look at me with murderous glares, so I try to smooth it out with, “Or like right now, how you all look like you want to murder me, but I’m not actually scared of you.”

“I’m going to kill them all,” Creed snaps, moving from his chair to stalk from the room and slam the bedroom door.

“Please don’t let him kill Marlow or Brennan, I haven’t slept with them yet.”

Jesus, I did it again.

“Yet?” Chester asks with a raised brow.

“Yes, yet, because I don’t have to explain myself. Up until last night, I didn’t know who any of you were and none of you know me anymore. I’m not that innocent little girl you all remember, and I will never be her again, so please just drop it.”

“And there is her fire,” Kai laughs. “Good to see you’re still as bossy as ever, always knowing what you want.”

The bedroom door is thrown open, and Creed comes striding out with a handgun. I don’t think, jumping from my chair tostand in front of him. “Hold up there, killer. No one is dying today.”

“Yes, they are,” he retorts with malice in his tone.

“No.” I poke him in the chest. “They.”poke. “Are.”poke. “Not.”poke

He stares at my finger as if he wants to rip it from my body and eat it. “They took advantage of you.”

“Actually,” Brennan says from the front door. “They were all warned to not sleep with her because Jolie knew what she was doing, using her body to extract information from them. While she didn’t have any memories, she still had her training programmed deep inside her. She just found the easiest way to exploit their weakness, and she knew from day one what that was.”

I shrug. “They made it so easy.”

I had been keeping all that information and knowledge stored away in case I needed it. Now I know without a doubt I’m their weakness.

“One of your specialties is finding what makes a person vulnerable and preying on that, using their weaknesses against them.”

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