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

shattered my heart and hammered the final nail in the coffin of ever trusting anyone new again.

“Where is that lying piece of shit?” Topher announces to Lucas and Nadav who are minding their own business in the living room.

Lucas’s mouth gapes open. Nadav looks to the front door, his eyes wide.

My reaction mirrors Lucas’s. This is really not going to be good.

The door flies open and in an instant both Leo and Broderick appear.

“I’m here.” Leo answers Topher’s question.

Then, his eyes land on me.

Instantly, I look away. No. No. No. No way am I ready to look at him. I can feel anger rising in me, the same feeling that got me in this stupid mess to begin with.

“So you don’t deny you’re a liar and a piece of shit?” Topher is livid.

“I never lied,” Leo answers him.

I turn my head and narrow my eyes. Damn, he was still looking at me. Our eyes meet.

“Ok fine, piece of shit then.” Topher deduces. Leo does not look away. Me on the other hand, I do.

“Stop looking at her, you already knocked her up. What are you trying to do, enslave her, too? Like you did me? No wonder I was on your side. You controlled me.”

“That is not true.” Broderick answers for Leo. “He never made you trust him.”

“Of course, you’re going to defend him. You probably think what he did was ok, too. Don’t you?”

“No, I don’t.” Broderick shocks us both. I look to him. “It’s not ok, but I can understand why it was needed.”

“Well, hoo-fucking-ray for you.” Topher claps.

“Enough!” Leo’s voice echoes in the room.

“Enough? Are you kidding me?” Topher stamps his foot.

“This is not helping the situation.” Leo’s calm voice tips me over.

“What will help this situation, Leo? Please enlighten all of us,” I say. The room falls silent after I speak. “Can you rewind time? Can you make last night never happen? Can you make me never have stepped foot in your hotel to begin with?”

He winces. “No, I cannot.”

“I bet you wouldn’t even if you could.” I shake my head as tears well in my eyes. Having enough of looking at him, I concentrate on the dark skies through the window.

“Elita?” His voice is softer, trying to coax me to engage again.

I shake my head not wanting him to continue.

“You know what? There is one thing that will help this situation,” Topher says.

“What is it?” Leo is quick to respond.

“She wants to go home. To our apartment.”

“No way.” Broderick folds his arm. “Out of the question.”

“Why not? Of course, because you only care about yourself and your own agenda. Damn what the woman you tricked into having a baby wants, she’s nothing anyway, isn’t that right?”

A tear falls and I close my eyes. It hurts to know how true that is. It hurts more than I thought, knowing that’s what Leo thinks of me.

“It’s for her own protection and safety. We’re setup at the military base. We can go there. Elita, we will make you comfortable.” Broderick tries to assure us.

Topher scoffs, “Yeah, for her safety.”

“Ok, would you rather you scurry off unprotected and let her be captured by The Uprising. Who, most likely would carve out the child themselves, just to stop Leo from producing an heir?” Broderick’s words slam home.

“Broderick, enough.” Leo’s voice is harsh and unforgiving. Topher doesn’t respond, and I sink further inside myself. “No more discussion.”

Hope is now over. Way too empty to fight anymore.

“Nadav, organise a team to set up surveillance at her apartment.” Leo commands.

“What are you talking about?” Broderick says. “That is not what we decided. It isn’t safe.”

“Make it safe then.”

The relief of finally going home is swamped by the hatred that I am grateful to the man who used me to begin with.

“There is one condition.” I clench my jaw as Leo continues, “Broderick and I will be staying with you.”

I can feel his eyes on me, waiting for my response.

I still cannot look at him. Instead, I nod my acceptance to Topher.

“Deal.” Topher agrees for the both of us.

Thankfully, Nadav drives Topher and I back. Leo and the others in two other cars flanking us, I’m grateful not to have to sit in a confined space with him.

Nadav is not much of a talker. This I have noticed and am happy about. Even Topher is quiet.

The long drive back home gives us all a chance to reflect. From the woman that started this journey to the one sitting here now holding her stomach where her baby is growing. It’s been tough. Every time I think about what is in store for me this week it chokes me. Drowning me in fear. So many questions I asked the doctor, and he answered them all, but not with what I wanted to hear.

He explained how my body will be expanding and my organs shifting to make way for the growing baby just like in a human pregnancy. But at a much faster rate. He explained how much pain that would cause. And that growing will occur when I’m in a resting state. To cope, I’ll have to drink an elixir to assist with pain management.

I swallow some bile that is threatening to pour out.

Morning sickness?

Winding down the window lets some much-needed air in. I close my eyes and take as much in as possible, as my watery mouth struggles to keep the sickness at bay.

Being back in the Port is comforting and gives me back my resolve. Now, I just need to wait until I get inside before I lose my dinner.

We stop right in front of our big red door. It feels like years ago when we were here last. The one thing I am not looking forward to is the mess that’s waiting for me.

I don’t even have my keys or my phone. Then I remember the lock is still probably broken, and the building is going to be under strict surveillance, anyway. So, it doesn’t really matter.

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