Free Shattered Skies - Night Waves by Heather Linn Page B

knew she couldn't keep me, afraid because she knew that she couldn't compete with the two men in my life and wasn't sure that she wanted to. I was so sick of feeling that in everyone's kiss. As suddenly as she had started the kiss she broke it. My mouth gave out a whimper of protest. It was wrong and I hated myself for it, but I wanted more. I opened my eyes, expecting to see her right there, but instead, she was as far away from me as she could be, hovering in the opposite corner, pressed tightly against the wall. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were wild with want.
       “Do you believe me now?” she panted, tracing her lips with the tips of her fingers, trying to wipe away something that neither of us could see.
       “I-, what the hell was that all about? You can't just do stuff like that to mess with my head Kira. You are not him, damn it! It isn't right that you can make me feel the way he does.” I knew somewhere deep down I was being way too harsh with her, but I couldn't stand how wrong I was feeling.
       “Trust me, I don’t want to. I could have gone my entire life without doing that. I promise you that it just made everything 100 times more complicated for me, but I needed you to believe me. And face it Cat; you are more stubborn than any other being on this planet. If I hadn’t done it, we would have the ‘I am a fake’ argument for the next ten years.” I hated to admit it, but she was right. “Cat I need you to promise me something here and now.” She just kept talking like what had happened meant nothing.
       “I can’t promise anything until I know what it is you are going to ask of me and I don't make a habit out of making deals with demons.” The last comment was intended to hurt her, but if it did, she never let it show.
     
           “We are both smart women,” she continued, “and we both have the same goal at heart. I know that there are a lot of weird emotions rolling through your head right now, and yes we are going to have to deal with them as much as we don't want to. I need you to go to Walker with me and prove to him that you are stable enough to see the prophecy. The truth is, time is running out Cat. We have to get moving and take action or the human race is going to die out, just like the races from the other planets.” I was trying to listen to her words instead of watching her lips form them. The thought of those lips were giving me chills. “Cat, are you even listening to me?” I felt the blood rush to my cheeks. She had caught me! Damn, this was fast becoming annoying.
    “Yes I am listening. Please don’t tell me that you think I am the girl in that prediction. I really want to believe that you are smart and level headed Kira, but if you think that that stupid piece of paper is real, then I am wrong. I am not her; I am not the girl that man was writing about, and who knows if that man even existed?” I told her the truth. I really did want someone 100 percent on my side.
       “I need you to come with me to find Walker and I need you to read what the prophecy says before you disregard it. You owe it to yourself and to Darien and Jaden. You even owe it to Akia.” I balked at the last thing she said. She shouldn't be allowed to say his name.
     
           “Disregard it? Why in the world does everybody keep talking about this prophecy like it’s a good thing? I don't want it to be about me; I have enough problems and more keep showing up knocking on my door.” That earned me a smile and a wink from her. My heart fluttered. For crying out loud! How do I get control of this?

Chapter Eleven
    After fixing of my hair, a little calming of my pulse and a lot of argument from both sides, the three of us were sitting in Walker's office. I was in the middle and something about that felt right. I was sure that both parties would disagree with me, but we would fry that fish when we got to it. Walker was about as pleased to see us as I thought he would be. I