Page 87 of Witch Unexpected
And for a moment, there was just me and Jasper in the car. The connection between us, even muted, was poignant and strong.
It made me uncomfortable.
I turned away from him. “If you want to tag along, then fine.”
“I’ll take that as athanks for saving my life again, Jasper,” he said sarcastically.
I exhaled and looked back at him, meeting his emerald peepers. “Thanks for saving my life, Jasper.” There was sincerity in my tone.
He blinked sharply, as if he hadn’t been expecting that. Then misted into nothing.
“Is he gone?” Leif asked.
“I think so.” I could never tell for sure since donning the amulet.
Leif puffed out his cheeks. “He wasn’t what I expected.”
“What did you expect?”
“Something inhuman and mean.”
A dry chuckle filled the air behind us, and my arms broke out in goosebumps.
Jasper.
“I may look normal on the outside,” he said. “But there’s a beast inside me, one that would tear the world to shreds to protect what’s mine.”
Me. He was talking about me.
“I didn’t come here to listen to your crappy selection of music,” he continued. “I overheard something that might concern Cora, and so it concerned me.”
I twisted in my seat, but he was incorporeal. “Go on.”
“The witch called Anna was having a meeting. She mentioned a group called The Sons of Adam. It sounds like this group has a bone to pick with the witches.”
Sons of Adam. Dimitri had mentioned them too. “What has this got to do with me?”
“I think that they might want the anchor. I can’t be certain, but I believe the witches were debating whether to hand you over.”
No. That couldn’t be right. “The coven needs the anchor. Why would they hand her over to anyone else?”
“They wouldn’t,” Leif said. “The anchor is vital and therefore protected.”
I looked over at Leif. “Do you know who these Sons of Adam are?”
He shook his head. “I’ve never heard of them.”
“Neither have I,” Jasper said. “But I’m going to find out who the fuck they are.”
A shiver ran over my skin to join the goosebumps. Long seconds of silence followed the declaration, and finally, my goosebumps subsided.
“Has he gone this time?” Leif asked.
“For now.”
Because Jasper would be back. He’d always be back, and for the first time since I’d bound myself to him, that thought was almost comforting.
Chapter Twenty-Two
