Chapter 4 - Family

Reid

"What?"

I stopped short; I could see the tears in Nina's eyes as she sat down on the couch. I hauled myself off the floor and placed myself beside her. I carefully pulled her into my lap. She laid her head against my chest, and looked up at me. I kissed the top of her head, wrapped my arms around her shoulders, and watched her quietly.

"I'm sorry" she finally whispered.

"There's nothing to be sorry about "I assured her, pulling her closer.

"Yes there is" she reached out and touched my lips, bringing her finger back down, bright red blood covering it "I hurt you".

"I've had worse" I laughed "last year before Caleb ascended; he threw me into a pile of glass bottles".

"That's mean" she frowned.

"I sort of deserved it, I was being a ass, and using my powers out in the open".

"Oh, the Covenant thing, yeah" she said, her voice fading as she said the last word "what will they do if they find out?" she asked quietly looking into my eyes, fear evident in hers.

"I won't let them do anything to hurt you, I promise" I thought back to that night and shuddered "they killed your brother… because he was a threat to the Covenant, he was using his powers out in the open and killing people."

"Reid?" she whimpered looking absolutely defeated "he's not dead".

"What?"I said sitting up, she was looking at her hands.

"He's not dead, he came back before we moved here, he wants me to kill Caleb, and go after the others and you "she confessed slowly, when she saw the shock on my face, but she quickly added " but I'm not going to, that's the last thing I'm going to do, I rarely use, unless I really need to".

"Oh" I sputtered out.

"Reid breath" she said reaching up to lay her hand on my cheek, I kissed the side of her hand and she smiled. She turned herself so that she was facing me and kissed my cheek, it was sweet and soft but I wanted more, I tipped her head with my hands and leaned into her slowly pressing my lips to hers.

"You know, I love how I can be a total dork around you and yet you still make me feel absolutely amazing" she smiled.

"Glad to hear it" I smiled down at her.

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Caleb

I felt it, and it was strong and powerful and scared the crap out of me. It was just as strong as when Chase showed up. I felt Pogue stiffen beside me as the wave passed by. Immediately my cell phone began vibrating, I slid my book down and opened it on my leg. Two messages one from Tyler and one from Reid and they both said the same thing.

Did you feel it?

I glanced at the teacher; he was busy writing in his book, while we were supposed to be doing work. I text them both back quickly.

Yea,

I'll meet you at the house after school.

-Caleb

I snapped my cell phone shut and leaned back as I pushed the book back up onto the desk.

"What was that?"Pogue whispered, the class was silent but you still could barely hear him.

"I don't know, but it was strong "I whispered.

"Do you think?" he paused; I knew he didn't even want to say his name.

I couldn't say anything, I wouldn't even think of the possibility of him coming back to Ipswich. If he even set foot near Sarah I'd kill him, again. But it felt more powerful then Chase, there was another power added to his. I wasn't paying attention anymore to the teacher; I was in deep thought, what if he really was back? No, he couldn't be, there was no sign of him after the fight, no body, no nothing. The bell rang signaling that it was lunch. Pogue fell into step beside me, soon to be followed by Tyler, but no Reid.

"Where's Reid?"I asked no one in particular.

"'Dunno" Tyler said" he wasn't in class".

"Did you guys see Nina? She wasn't in class" Kate said joining us as we walked down the hall.

"I think I know where Reid is now "I chuckled, Pogue grinned and walked off with Kate.

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