Free Forgotten Visions (The Divinities Book 1) by Lia Davis

“I also ran across a name in Papa’s library. Hector D. Grayson.”
    “Who is he?” Ayden asked
    “He was a Khan General before Hecate killed him three hundred years ago. According to the archives, he was the one that used the Sinew to drain the Divinities of their powers. Oh, and FYI, if you are drained of your magic, you die,” Zach said.
    “All the more reason to get the Sinew and keep it out of the demons’ hands,” Kalissa said. She thought for a minute. “There’s something that’s been bugging me. If they seek the Sinew and want to harvest our magic, why kill our parents? Why not capture them until they got the Sinew?”
    Zach scrunched up his face. “I’m not sure. Maybe there’s been a change in plan?”
    “Like gathering the Dark Divine together as part of Khan’s army,” Khloe said, reminding everyone of Sindee’s message.
    Zach frowned again. “I didn’t think of that. I’m not sure how many there are.” He pulled out a small notepad from his shirt pocket and made some notes. “Once Grams releases Papa from her evil clutches, I’ll ask him. I just hope he has the strength to speak.”
    Kalissa and Khloe giggled.
    “Okay, then,” Ayden spoke with a chuckle. “We’ll talk to you when you get here.”
    “You two be safe. I would stick close to the cabin if I were you,” Zach said.
    Kalissa and Ayden agreed, said their goodbyes, and shut off the video. The demons were up to something; she felt it in her bones. So she would spend the next few days with Ayden. Alone.  It wouldn’t do them any good to draw too much attention to themselves, or end up dead before recovering the Sinew.
    With the combined strength of five Divinities, they could protect and guard the power source. But who was going to guard her heart against the one man that could possibly tear down the walls around it?

Chapter 9
     
    “ I thought Khloe stopped dancing to take over your mother’s computer business.”
    Kalissa shrugged. “She teaches when they need her.”
    Ayden grabbed her free hand, linking his fingers with hers. She turned her head to look into his eyes with that hint of panic still there. He couldn’t hold back any longer, Noah’s warning still heavy on his mind. What other choice did he have? Unwilling to spend the next day and a half to two days pretending that they were nothing more than friends and never had been, he had to do something. Insanity would take over his mind. The pull between them was too strong to push aside. Turning to face her on the sofa, he drew in a deep breath, taking in her confusion and curiosity. “You suffer from headaches. Why is that?”
    “They’re just headaches,” she said with a smile that told him she was hiding something.
    “Something tells me that it’s more than that.” He studied her face.
    Kalissa shrugged and looked down at their linked hands. “I get them…sometimes.”
    “When you have visions?” he asked.
    Kalissa snapped her eyes back up to his face. “How did you know?” she asked accusingly.
    “A guess. I had to pull the vision of what happened to Willow out of your subconscious. Why is that, Kalissa? Why do you lock up your Divine gift?” He tried to keep his tone soft and gentle. The betrayal still lingered beneath the surface and made it hard not to be angry with her. But she was a victim in this as much as he was.
    “They became too painful,” she whispered after a long silence. 
    Ayden took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “The headaches?”
    She nodded. “And the emotions.” There was silence again. He wasn’t sure if he understood what she was trying to say. Finally, she spoke again. Her words were more random, like she needed to get them all out in the open. “At first, after Liam died, the visions were more like memory clips. I didn’t understand because I didn’t remember them as mine, but I was in them. When I tried to remember or force the visions, I got sharp pains in my head. Then the visions got more