Chapter Fifteen:

All my years of experience did nothing to prepare for this moment, what did I do now, how was I suppose to keep my big secret from him if he is throwing his lips onto mine every five seconds.

Okay just breathe. Step away from him. Now.

I forced my body to take one large step back against the wall and away from his feverish body; I pulled myself up to my length and hardened my eyes toward his. "Crossing lines seems to suit you well, Nephlium."

He tensed at the use of the last words but kept that cocky smile still on his face as he fingered his silver blade, twirling it around, and around, around, around, and around again. It caught dull witch light here and there and I had to stop myself from looking at it for too long.

"You didn't stop me." He paused and took another step closer to me "In fact Downworlder, you didn't even seem to mind."

My nose wrinkled at the name and Will smiled further. "Shock." I shrugged lightly, crossing my ankles and leaning against the stonewall; my wrists were healed, minor infractions left in the once gapping flesh wounds. I twisted my wrists around several times working out the kinks and then folded myself gracefully onto the dirty, blood stained cold floor to stretch out my legs.

I slowly rolled my body over and stretch my torso so that my hands could wrap themselves around the heel of my feet. I rolled my neck and shoulders next, each cracking over the subdued pressure they were forced to bare. I folded my legs into a cross-legged position as sat completely relaxed yet hyper-aware of everything around me. I had fully awakened the dormant Maji; the burst of flame had ricocheted off of my ribcage and bounced around inside me like a snake trapped within a metal box.

I released slow and short bursts, shattering them across the world to kept Dominus busy for the a good measure of time to give me more time to…well to figure out what the hell I was going to do next. Honestly how long did I plan to keep this act up, Dominus would find me eventually, and I was steadily running out of excuses to use.

The door creaked and Charlotte stepped through her eyes sizing me up and confusion settling in them at my easy free-care attitude. "She's stretching." Will sounded annoyed.

"Must keep up my body strength for round two." I stared calmly at Charlotte who stared back unfazed. I shifted my gaze to Will who had got the hard, detached look to him again, his stance had changed from relaxed to determined again and a slight chill settled itself on the middle of my spin. How long could I keep this up before I slipped up, before I dematerialized or killed someone?

Interrogation never sounded more exciting.