Nephilim (14 page)

“You’re right. But your Father is a good man. He wouldn’t work for Abaddon. He wouldn’t lie unless he thought it was a way to protect you” Frankie said.

“I know. But you heard Dane. He didn’t let Abaddon out. I believe him. He looked shocked when I asked him” she said.

Frankie nodded and scratched his chin.

“I saw that too. Leave it with me. I might be able to do some undercover work to find out who it was” Frankie said.

Ada sighed and put her head on Frankie’s shoulder. He had been her protector since the day she was born, he was only twenty years older than Ada and he would be there until the day either he or Ada died. She just hoped that it wouldn’t be soon. Her stomach growled in a mix of hunger and a feeling of unease.

“We better get you fed” Frankie said with a smile pointing at her stomach.

Ada smiled and flung the blanket from her body and stepped out of bed. The familiar waft of pancakes cooking aroused her hunger further as she padded along the carpeted hallway to the kitchen. As she walked into the bright room she could see Morrigan bustling away over the stove. Kade was sitting at the table watching Morrigan work with a sly smile on his face. When he heard Ada come into the room he looked up and grinned.

“I’m in trouble. I told her how to cook pancakes” he said.

Ada snorted out a laugh.

“How do you know how to cook pancakes? You don’t eat” she said.

Morrigan turned around and laughed putting her hands on her hips.

“See, that’s what I said” Morrigan shouted with glee.

Kade laughed and threw his head back.

“I watched. I see how it’s done” he said laughing.

“It’s a bit late for pancakes though isn’t it? It’s ten at night. God my body clock is so messed up now” Ada said.

“There is never a right or wrong time for breakfast.” Morrigan exclaimed.

Ada went to the table and poured herself a glass of juice, her stomach growling with growing hunger.

“Oh my; sounds like someone is famished” Kade said.

Ada rubbed her belly and her eyes lit up with joy when Morrigan set a huge stack of pancakes in front of her, covered in maple syrup.  She didn’t wait and dug in; ignoring her Father’s barking laughter at the eagerness of which she ate. She polished off the last pancake and burped behind her hand feeling completely full.

“Anyone could mistake you for eating for two” Morrigan said with a raised eyebrow.

Kade and Ada stared at Morrigan with their jaws ajar.

“Don’t even joke about that Aunt” Ada said shaking her head.

“No let’s not go there” Kade said with a frown on his face and eyes that bored into the side of Ada’s face.

She couldn’t bring herself to look at him; she knew what he was thinking. She didn’t want to think that she could possibly be carrying Dane’s child. Ada shook her head. It wasn’t possible; she had a pregnancy protection spell over her.

‘Could you be pregnant?’ Kade asked into her mind.

Ada shook her head.

‘No. I have a pregnancy protection spell over me. I couldn’t be’ she returned.

Ada heard Kade groan quietly before he stood up from the table and excused himself.

“I have to go to the authority” Kade said.

Ada nodded absently; she had her mind on Dane and the possibility that she could be carrying his child. Of course it was too early to tell. She would have to wait a few more weeks at least before it could be confirmed but she couldn’t control the gnawing in her stomach. Surely not.

Chapter Seventeen

“Don’t acknowledge right, just dwell on wrong; this spot in hell’s where I belong” Avenged Sevenfold.

Later that night she was sitting in the library going through the books of spells. Ada’s mind was reeling. She knew that Kade and the Authority couldn’t kill Abaddon without her help. But in order to help she needed to understand the amulet and the power that it held. Disappointment settled in the pit of her stomach at the thought that Dane was going to be the one to show her how to work the piece of jewellery and control the power of her magic, but not only did he betray her, Ada had killed him.

Ada sighed, feeling the frustration ebb through her entire soul as she sat furiously reading everything she could find about the amulet and the power it contained. Ada realised just how little she knew. She knew that the amulet was a powerful piece of jewellery but didn’t realise just how much could be done. She needed to come up with a plan. A plan that would help defeat Abaddon was what she ultimately needed. He needed to die. He would continue to escape and the only way to end his reign was to kill him.

The knock on the door shook her out of her deep thought. Ada looked up to see Travis standing in the doorway, a sheepish smile on his face.

“Travis?” she exclaimed standing and embracing him.

“Hey Ada” he said returning her hug.

She saw that he looked good. His hair shone and still hung about his shoulders, his skin was clear and his brown eyes seemed full of life. Ada took his hand and brought him into the room, guiding him to sit next to her on the couch. She looked him over. He didn’t seem to have any Paranatural in him. But for a human he looked good.

“How are you? How did you know to find me here?” she asked taking his hand in hers.

“I’m good Ada. I rang your Dad. I wanted to talk to you I’m worried about you” he said his brow creasing slightly.

“About me? What are you worried about?” she asked.

“Ada I know there is some heavy shit about to go down and although I don’t understand it all I’m connected to you enough to know that you are in real danger” he said.

“Did my Father tell you to say this?” she asked.

Travis shook his head and he clasped her hand tighter.

“Ada no, please. You need to listen to me. It’s hard for me to believe and I know that it will be hard for you to believe.” He shuffled in his seat and looked Ada in the eye. “I know I no longer have any Paranatural in me anymore. But I still feel you.”

Travis shifted in his seat again.

“What do you mean you feel me?” she asked.

Travis blushed slightly and began to fidget with his hands.

“I mean I feel some of what you feel. I knew you were having sex with Dane. I felt it. I felt your pleasure. When you are tired I feel your exhaustion. When you are hungry I feel your hunger. I feel you Ada. I don’t get it. I don’t understand it. But it’s like inside my head I’m watching and feeling everything you do like a movie” Travis said.

Ada felt her jaw slacken as she stared at him trying to comprehend everything he was saying to her.

“You knew I was having sex?” she said in disbelief.

“That’s what you heard out of that?” he asked with a sly laugh.

Ada put her hands over her face and leant her head onto her knees. Could her life possibly get anymore weird? Was it not enough that she be a Paranatural? A daughter of a Vampire Nephilim and a daughter of a Witch. But now this human could feel everything she felt. Every hunger pain, every orgasm, every headache, every dream; he knew about. How was this even possible?

“I’m sorry Ada, but it was getting too much. I needed to let you know. I wanted to come to you when you were with Dane, I felt so jealous. I couldn’t seem to contain it, but I wanted to kill him. I hated him. But then I saw you kill him. And I’ve never felt so happy.” He said shaking his head. “I don’t know what is going on Ada.”

Ada shook her head looking up at him.

“I can’t explain it Travis. I’ve never experienced anything like this before” she said.

“I can explain it” Morrigan said from the doorway. “Sorry I know I shouldn’t have been eavesdropping”

Ada and Travis both jumped and sat up to look at her. She came into the room and wedged herself in between Ada and Travis, patting them both on the legs.

“It doesn’t happen often. But Travis you’re special. Do you know your family history?” Morrigan asked standing again and going to the bookshelf rifling through the books. “Aha here it is” she exclaimed.

“Well do you know your family history?” she asked Travis again.

Travis shook his head.

“I only know my Mother Mae and my Father Alexander. My Mum said that her parents were killed when she was seventeen and that’s when Kade and Merza took her in” he said.

“So you don’t know that you have any Paranaturals in your family?” Morrigan asked.

Travis shook his head again.

“I thought Paranaturals and humans couldn’t procreate” Ada said.

Morrigan nodded her head again as she sat down in between Travis and Ada again.

“You’re right, but as the saying says there is an exception to every rule” Morrigan said as she flicked through pages of information before finding the page she was looking for. She sat back and pointed at the picture.

On the page was a hand drawn picture of a woman who looked similar to Mae, her blonde hair hung loosely around her shoulders, her blue eyes sparkled.

“That looks like my Mum” Travis said.

Morrigan nodded.

“Yes. It’s not her. But she is the exception. This here Travis is your grandmother; Mae’s Mother.” Morrigan explained.

Ada and Travis stared at her in shock.

“Oh shut your mouths. Now listen. Your grandmother’s name was Dena, she was a Witch. She fell in love with your grandfather who was human. But somehow and no one can explain it because it happens so rarely she was able to conceive Mae. Unfortunately, not so much now, but back then when a Paranatural joined with a human and lived as a human it was seen as an abomination and Dena was cast out of her coven.” Morrigan explained.

“So my Mother is a Witch?” Travis asked.

Morrigan shook her head.

“No only Dena was. But it meant that Mae and her descendants would have special powers. Your brothers might be faster, they might be smarter, they could see better in the dark. And in your case you have a psychic connection with other Paranaturals. You can read their energies. Not as strong as Ada can, you wouldn’t be able to see auras. But with your soulmate you will be able to feel everything she feels and experiences.” Morrigan said.

Travis and Ada looked at each other.

“So we are soul mates?” Ada said pointing between her and Travis.

Morrigan snorted out a laugh before slapping them both on the thigh.

“We don’t choose our soul mates; they are already decided for us. It’s just that some of us never get an opportunity to meet them. But Travis, you would have been with Ada through many centuries. And will be with her for centuries to come” Morrigan said with a smile.

“But how can I be with her for centuries. I’m human, I’m going to die and she will continue to live” he asked.

“You will. There will be a way” Morrigan said before shutting the book with a slam and standing up abruptly.

“Your Father will be here soon Ada.” Morrigan said as she left the room.

Travis reached for the book that Morrigan had and opened it to the page that Dena had been on.

“My Mum never even speaks about her parents. She only ever said that her Father was abusive and she had to get away. She was glad when he was killed” Travis said glancing at Ada.

Ada nodded and leaned on his shoulder reading the page that they had opened. The book said that Dena was a Witch, a cousin to Merza and Morrigan; she had met her future husband, a human by the name of Robert. She had a secret affair with him but was found out when she fell pregnant with Mae. Dena’s Mother, Abigail, fought to be allowed to keep her in the coven but she was overruled and Dena was ordered to leave. Ada stopped reading and watched Travis chewing on his lip as he read. He stopped and suddenly stared at Ada.

“It says that Dena and Robert were killed by a Vampire” he said.

“Where?” Ada asked looking at where Travis pointed.

She scanned the page looking for a name of the Vampire. But it said nothing. It didn’t mention who or whether the Vampire was brought to justice.

“How did your Dad meet my Mum?” Travis asked.

“He always told me that she was on the street, she offered him her body and blood for money. But he brought her home to my Mum and let her live there as their own” Ada said.

“Was her Mum and Dad alive still then do you know?” Travis asked frowning.

Ada shook her head at him and absently ran her hands through his hair.

“I’m sorry Travis, I don’t know. But surely my Father wouldn’t have killed her Mother. She was an innocent. That would have broken the law” Ada replied.

Travis nodded and leaned his forehead against Ada’s, before kissing her on the nose.

“Soulmate” he laughed.

Ada smiled at him and licked his bottom lip, which instantly caused him to close his eyes and groan lightly. Travis and Ada sat in silence playing with what Morrigan said to them and everything they had read. As if Ada didn’t have enough on her plate she thought. Ada rubbed her hands over her face before sighing and standing up and heading out the door with Travis close behind her. Soul mates, she mused to herself.

Ada always knew that there was something special about hers and Travis’s relationship, but she had never picked them as soulmates. She couldn’t help but wonder if the only thing that stopped her from seeing him as anything more than a friend was because he was human and she didn’t think it was possible. The more Ada thought about their relationship throughout the years the more she could see the writing on the wall and she had to admit that she thought Travis to be incredibly handsome and the way his brown eyes sparkled when he looked at her did turn her insides to jelly. They always had. Often as a child she found herself staring at him. She just couldn’t help but think it was the wrong time for a romance. Look what her quick fling with Dane had gotten her into. One dead Warlock.

Her mind was reeling with memories that threatened to overwhelm her. The times where Travis would spit on her knees when she skinned them to make them feel better, the times where he stood up to bullies for her or when he helped her climb trees by holding her. Those times they hid in their special place deep in the woods talking about their dreams.

Ada couldn’t help but think of how much her heart broke when he got his first girlfriend, a big buxom blonde named Chantelle. Ada hated her. Not for any particular reason except that she took Travis away from her. The more Ada thought about it, the more she could see that what Morrigan spoke was true. It was the times that he would be able to read her mind or when he would just show up at the right time because he had a feeling she needed him, all of these things were proof that what Morrigan spoke was the truth. Ada sighed as she rounded the corner and just as if she needed any proof instantly Travis reached up and gently caressed her back. She let a small chuckle escape her lips.

“What are you giggling at?” Travis said with a smile.

Ada turned to face him as they stood in the hallway.

“I was just thinking about what Morrigan said and I was going through all the memories, like how much I hated Chantelle and how badly you beat up James when he pushed me off the slide at school.” she said instinctively reaching out to touch his arm and watched Travis’s face light up as the memories flooded him also.

“You were laughing at the memory of me beating up James? That snot nosed brat had it coming” Travis said.

Ada snorted out a big belly laugh and shook her head.

“It was funny but that’s not what made me laugh. It was that I had literally just thought how you seemed to always know when I needed you and as soon as I thought it you reached up and caressed my back” she said with another chuckle.

Travis grinned as he slid his arm around her waist and pulled her in close to his chest. Ada ran her hands up and down his arms, feeling his muscles ripple under his shirt. She certainly never remembered them as a child.

“I’ve grown a little since then” Travis said.

Ada widened her eyes in shock and shook her head. Travis’s grin grew wider.

“It was just a good guess, you were examining my muscles far too hard” he laughed.

Ada threw her head back in a laugh as she stepped out of his arms and took his hand.

Chapter Eighteen

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind” Shakespeare.