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“I think he could be the one.”
The moment I spoke, his aura flowed. It turned into a pale river of energy slowly circulating around him. The strange sight felt like confirmation to my gut.
“Heisthe one,” I announced, and my own certainty shocked me.
Thena’s eyes grew wide.
“Oh, dear.” Missy grimaced. “We’re in big trouble.”
“No.”Micah’s low bass reverberated in the room, a grumble of thunder. “Donotsay it.”
“Say what?” I flung my hands in the air. “That you need to take the lead in the mission to retrieve Affie?”
“I didnotcopy that.” His mahogany eyes glowered. “I donotacknowledge.”
“Too bad.” I challenged his scowl with a smirk. “Because, tag, you’re it.”
“With all due respect.” He crossed his arms over his massive chest. “I do not take orders from you.”
“But you will follow your superior’s orders, won’t you?”
A muscle flinched in his face, and his jaw locked into a powerful clench. His forbidding expression would’ve scared the shit out of the most battle-hardened Marine. But not me. I was not afraid of Micah Bozeman, especially now that I’d seen his energy reacting to Affie’s name.
“Don’t be mad at me.” I gave a small shrug. “I’m not fate. Or destiny. I didn’t invite this sort of thing. It’s weird, and I can’t explain it yet, but it works.”
“I donotwant to have this conversation with you.” His glare expanded to encompass my sisters. “With any of you.”
“Okay, then. I’ll shut up,” I lied. “But as the sayings go.It’s too late. The die is cast. You’ve crossed the Rubicon, or rather,your aura has.”
His eyes bulged.“My what?”
“Never mind.” I shrugged. “I’m sorry, Micah. It has to be you.Resistance is futile.”
“I donotwant this mission.” His voice sounded as hard as granite.
Whoever chose his call sign had hit the nail on the head.
“Well, then, sue me, sue us.” I slanted my hands toward my sisters. “It’s not like we asked for this.”
“My answer is no,” he rumbled.
“Will you let Affie die, then?”
He drew back, shot me an indignant glare, and opened his mouth to answer, but the door burst open. Mina marched through like a warrior on her way to battle. Her aura was alight with fiery reds. Indigo, blue, and red surrounded Kai, Dash, and Javier respectively, as they followed on Mina’s heels. The men looked puzzled. They came to stand next to Micah, who beamed his defiant glower—and his recently animated aura—at me.
Did I blame him for his reaction?
No, I’d reacted the same way.
Would he forsake my sister?
He looked like he might.
Granite didn’t bend. In the unlikely event we could somehow persuade Micah to find Affie, how the hell would it work? If he was made of stone and she was like the wind, what would happen when airy Affie and solid Micah collided?
“I bring you truth.” Mina lifted her laptop dramatically in the air before she grumbled. “Well, let’s hope it’s some kind of truth. That’s why I asked these guys to meet me here.”
Her gypsy skirt flared, and her many bracelets clinked and jangled when she turned and jumped ass-first into my bed. Oblivious to my puzzlement, the human flame scooted up, fitted herself between Thena and me, and rearranged her skirt beforeshe opened her laptop.
