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Confusion flitted over her face and she shook her head.“I didn’t do anything.”
“You made me feel better.”
“I…didn’t.I just brought you down.”
“When you touched me, my motion sickness disappeared,” Xander said with awe.“Can you flip me around again?”
“Are you sure?” Ara asked, hesitant.
He nodded but Ara’s brows drew down as she examined him closely.Xander glanced at her with an expression of excitement, and Ara blew out a breath before she lifted Xander into the air and flipped him as requested.
After several minutes and countless flips, Xander seemed fine.“No motion sickness.Sweet.”
Ara kept a close eye on Xander, but she must’ve sensed the others, including him, watching her.“Should I bring you down?”
“No,” came the chorus of murmurs from the assassins.
Reaper glanced across the room at Ghost.His boss’s gaze bore into him and Reaper shrugged.He had been as surprised as the rest of them that Ara could cure motion sickness with a touch.Because they had been working together for so long, he interpreted the determination to protect Ara in Ghost’s face.With inclusion came protection, from all of them.Reaper blew out a breath.
“Can you levitate yourself, Ara?” Hunter asked.
“I’ve never tried.”Ara’s brows drew down as if the thought never occurred to her.
“Don’t worry, I’ll help you learn,” Reaper said.
The shutter on his gaze must’ve lifted because he watched as Ara’s face flushed with color.His eyes moved down over the simple tee and jeans they had purchased the day before, and he could hear her heartbeat accelerate at his scrutiny.It was another question on her gifts that brought him out of his lust haze.
“Does this deplete your energy?” Seth asked.
“Not that I’ve noticed, but when I’m tired, I find that it takes more strength and concentration to use them.”
Ara’s gaze moved to Liv and Kai, and Reaper could see the guilt on her face.Ara watched the couple for a few minutes before she relaxed enough to turn back to the larger group.
For over an hour, Ara had entertained them with her abilities.She laughed and enjoyed her time with his friends, but he needed to get her home to rest.
“I need to take Ara home, but first I need to speak with all of you,” Reaper announced.
Ara maneuvered them back to the ground, and once they were on solid ground, they erupted at his statement.
“What home?”
“In Snowfall?
“Since when do you have a home?”
“Reaper?”
Ara placed her hand in his and squeezed, giving him reassurance.He had no reason for not telling them about his house; it just hadn’t come up in conversation and he’d been too busy searching for Ara to share the information.
“I wanted to be close, so I had a house built up the mountain.”They seemed placated by his true explanation, so he continued with the real reason he’d brought Ara to the house.“Xander, I need you to delve into Dr. Ames’s background to see who could’ve been funding his research.Liv, I know you haven’t gotten to it yet, but could you test the blood of those who were captured with Ara and see if they have any abnormalities that we have to worry about?After we find out more, we’ll see where else we can find information on how to find the man after Ara.”
“We’ll figure this out together,” Ghost promised.
Reaper reached for Ara’s hand, and after they said their good-byes, he led her out to the SUV.He needed to get her alone.
