Order of the Omni: A Supernatural Romantic Suspense Novel (The Immortalies Book 1) Penny Knight (100 best novels of all time TXT) 📖

change that. Finding a woman that will stick with all that comes with me. Impossible.

Human.

Immortal.

Divinian.

Shifters.

There would always be one thing that would make them leave. I could never give them my heart, I could never give them a family. Ultimately, they knew if I met my fated mate, I would leave them and there was nothing they could do about it.

“Broderick,” I say, sensing him behind me.

“I can come back for the briefing later.”

“No, go ahead.” Work, like always, will take my attention away from my pathetic brooding.

“We got word back from the Anax for the shifters here. They want a sit down.”

“Did they answer to what happened at her work?”

“Denied it was them. But they did claim there were a few deserters that have been wrapped up in The Uprising.”

“They can say what they like. But I want to know why there was one explosion at the Versiti Institute and one at her work in the same week? That’s no coincidence.”

“So, we go to the sit down and find out what the fuck is going on. Have you met Reid Jackson before?”

“Briefly last year, after he was promoted.” I had no objections to the promotion. He seemed to value the same need for abiding by the global law. Now, suddenly, the shifters are involved with the growing Uprising.

“When should I set the meeting for?” Broderick asks.

“Don’t.” I turn. “Get the address for him and I will visit unannounced.”

“They won’t like that.”

“I don’t have time to fuck around with them. Get me the address so I can get back to Elita. This week is all about keeping her safe.”

“Speaking of her.” He cocks his head to the side. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“No.” I don’t want to remember the look she gave me and the fact I have hurt her just like others have in her life.

“What are we going to do? We can’t stay here. We don’t have the manpower and the setup. We should go back to the military base.”

“She won’t like that.”

He looks pointedly at me. “I think that boat has sailed.”

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t think she likes any of this. And I don’t think she likes us very much right now, either. So, we may as well keep her somewhere safe.”

“I don’t want that.” I turn back to the defenseless rocks.

“What other choice is there?” Broderick says what I keep telling myself.

What other choice is there?

“Stop pacing, would you?” I’ve been watching Topher walk up and down the room a million times since he’s been here.

“Oh my god. Oh my god.” He continues his chanting. He looks me over one more time, his eyes landing on my bump. “Oh my god.”

“Ok, enough.” I can’t take in anymore. It had to be summer, and I had to not pack any baggier clothes to hide this bump. Bump? I drop back onto the bed. He’s right. Oh my god.

“What are we going to do?” He slumps down next to me.

“I have no idea.” I rub my head, trying to massage my brain back into thinking clearly.

“I can’t believe you had sex with Leo.”

“What?” I snap my head back up to him. “That’s what you can’t believe?”

“Well, yes. No. I don’t know. All of it.” When he looks, I realise he’s really the only one I have that is truly in my corner. “What do you want to do?” he whispers. “You want to sneak out of here and ditch them?”

I scoff.

“I don’t know if that would even be possible.” How would we even outrun the Immortalies? “Besides, you heard the doctor. I don’t think I can do this without his help.”

My eyes tear up again.

I’m unable to process the fact I have a child inside me. Let alone, six days the baby will be born. That’s not fair. Every other woman has nine months to come to terms with the massive changes in their life. Six days. Under a week and I will have this baby. I can’t, it’s too much.

Me, a mother?

To what? An Immortalie? A human? I don’t even know what’s inside of me.

The tears fall again.

“Oh Elita, please don’t cry.” He isn’t used to seeing me like this. Normally I would try to shield him from the real pain inside, so he doesn’t need to worry. But this is too big. This is just too much.

“I just want to go home.” Not back to Leo’s hotel, not some other safe house. My safe house. My home.

He stands.

“Then that’s where we are going,” he says, his chest puffed out.

I choke on a laugh in between a sob. It isn’t pretty. “Yeah, right.”

“Do I need to slap you?”

“Why the fuck would you do that?”

“Because you’re acting like a damn damsel in distress. Oh no, I’m just a measly girl and can’t stand up for what I want.”

My brows raise. “Excuse me?”

“Well, c’mon E. Let’s go there and tell that son of a bitch what is going to happen instead of sitting here waiting for his next move.”

My face hardens. “I don’t even want to see him.” I haven’t laid eyes on him since this morning. Since he confirmed what I already knew, when I looked down and saw the changes my body had been through.

“Then let me handle it.” Topher storms towards the door.

“Don’t!” I call out. “It would be a waste of time. He’s enslaved you so you might not be able to, anyway.”

His hand pauses on the door handle.

He turns slowly. “Uh, come again?”

I forgot to mention the enslavement part to him.

“Enslave. I’m not sure what that means. But from what he said it’s some mind control stuff. Like he can control you just by talking to you.”

“What the actual fuck?” his voice booms. “That. Is. It.”

This time he turns, and he storms out on a mission to confront an immortal king about enslaving him. Yep, that cannot end well.

I don’t think, I follow. I will not leave Topher alone with them. Time to face another man who has