You're That Guy! (Lani)

[Jacelynn Heron]

Clairaudience. A pain, yes, but quite interesting to say the least. It gave her a sense of knowing. Knowing everything. Did she like knowing everything? No. Maybe. Okay, sort of, but she didn't like finding things out that were being hidden from others. That was how she'd first learned of her power and it was a constant reminder of that horrible creature she'd once been. Not a good thing to be reminded of all the time. In fact, it was probably the worst thing to remember.

As much as she enjoyed being in the know, she also hated the horrible headaches and sensitive hearing that came with her power. Being in Hammel didn't help. She could still hear people across the campus just as well as if they were standing beside her. If someone was standing beside her, she winced whenever the person's enthusiasm made them raise their voice. It was a wonder she hadn't gone deaf yet. Wouldn't that just be something? A deaf clairaudient? Probably impossible. But when she was wincing at the sound of the slightest bit of noise constantly, she believed it could happen.

For that reason, she often found herself away from everyone. The only people she ever hung out with was her inner circle, but they always seemed to be busy when she wasn't. That, or they didn't want to deal with her. So, she went out to the training field, ipod in hand and a determination to not hear anything. It let her think of the more recent things she'd learned. Such as, a boy, nearly her age attending Hammel was keeping from his girlfriend that he stole for a living. And even worse, he'd told a guy that he barely got along with. Who did that?

Aleks knew that if she ever met the boy, first off she'd wanna slap him for being so careless, but more so, she'd want him to teach her how to be sneakier. Here she was, the ultimate prankster, and she wasn't as sneaky as she liked to think she was. In fact, her pranks were becoming predictable and that was simply unacceptable. But it was unlikely that she'd meet this boy. And if she did, she probably wouldn't approach him. She knew the basis of what he looked like, only because she'd had a class with him once, but she didn't remember him that well so she probably wouldn't recognize him anyway.

The only way she'd recognize him was by his voice. But for now, she was out to run and tune the world out.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani rolled out of bed his heart so strained he was sure it would burst. He was about to go crazy, he had done his laundry already to try to get the time to go faster but it hadn't worked too well. He was way too confused now and he just needed to do something before he went insane. Adrianna had been wonderful and he loved spending time with her, but even now he found himself wanting to be alone for a while. Perhaps that was why he had been hiding out in the dorms today. He needed to a lot of soul searching and emotion dissecting. Neither of which he liked doing. Things at home had only added onto his stress level. He had told his parents his plan to talk to his boss and suddenly his mother was practically in vapors with worry and his father was finally being the supportive man he should have been all along. Worse of all was when Caroline got on the phone she had no idea.

This could end badly or not so badly. None of the options were really good. He wasn't planning on just walking out. That wasn't how things got done. But his trip to Boston had been postponed. Lani claimed it was because he had a lot to do but everyone really knew it was because he was flat out terrified. Moreover, Odion had been keeping him up at night less. Perhaps he had finally decided Odion was not going to betray him. He loved spending time with Odion too and keeping with his advice had simply neglected to tell Adrianna. Yet another secret. He was really a terrible person wasn't he? He couldn't answer that question and he knew that Odion would be no help because he would just tell it like it was. And he certainly couldn't tell Adrianna because then she would want to know why. Oh the world was turning into a hard place and he wasn't sure that he liked it.

He pulled on sweatpants and an old hoodie to brave the still chilly weather. That warm spell had come and gone leaving them with a winter feel. He still hadn't been able to have that race against Adrianna, partially because he was still training for it and partially because finals were coming up and Adrianna was a good student and studying. Lani really could care less, he hadn't even had that talk with his advisor though he was sure within the next few days he was bound to get that call. He hummed a little to himself as he left his room and trotted down the steps wondering for a moment what all his other friends were up to. He hadn't seen Erin again since he had helped her with her bags and Shapiro was probably around somewhere. He smiled a little and left the dorm avoiding the school building and moving to the training field. He got to the track and sighed a little when he realized this was not going to be a solo thing. He glared at the girl absently taking out his bad mood on her. Hopefully he could ignore her and they could do their own thing.

He shook his shoulders and sighed as he stepped onto the track. He kicked his feet on the squishy pavement his toes wiggling in his running shoes. He was really glad that he had gotten these. He stretched a little and started trotting around the track. He wasn't trying for speed now he would rather just run and forget. He yawned a little and picked up his speed. He watched his feet and out of a strange feeling he started toeing the white line. Treating it like a fence he balanced and raced forward watching his feet as they landed every time without flaw on the white line. He had been practicing even more after Odion had caught him on the roof. He glanced over and pulled a few of the hurtles the track team had left out into his path. He leapt them his worries melting away as he challenged his skill. He landed right on the white line and went after the next one. This time he landed on the hurtle balancing precariously for only a second before it tipped and spilled him onto the ground. He looked back at it grinning that he had landed on his feet. He turned back and... Whump! Suddenly there was a body in front of him and he slammed into it going full speed. His legs got tangled and he went down probably taking the other person with him. He shielded his head as he rolled. "I'm so sorry!" He cried jumping to his feet ignoring his new scrapes. "Are you ok?" He extended his hand to the woman he had so rudely bowled over.

[Jacelynn Heron]

Ipods were pretty affective when it came to tuning things out. Especially for a clairaudient. It didn't block all noise out, but it blocked out most sounds. It also helped Jacelynn focus on what she was doing rather than what she was hearing. She was too easily distracted by voices when they had nothing to do with her. Someone could be talking about an assignment in a totally different class halfway down the hall and she'd still focus on that instead of if someone was talking to her. It was a habit that she couldn't shake. Her power didn't like her much it seemed. Though, from what she'd heard, most powers weren't very nice.

Due to the fact that it was cold and early-ish, Jacelynn had been smart (smarter than the stupid girls who ran in short-shorts just so guys would watch their ass jiggle when they ran...) and was clothed in thick layers. Leggings and compression shorts under baggy sweatpants with a tank top, t-shirt and hoody covering the top half of her body. Frankly, Aleks didn't care what she looked like when she ran. She'd be sweating anyway, so what was the point in getting all dolled up? Sure, guys usually ran out on the track too, but seriously, she didn't really care about them when she was running.

Running wasn't exactly an everyday thing for Aleks, in fact, she didn't really like working out period, but it kept her toned so she did anyways. Yes, it helped her sort through things, but getting sweaty wasn't something she liked. She wasn't exactly a girly girl because she'd worked on cars before with her father, but who liked to sweat? Honestly. It was disgusting. Most of the time she ran until she barely sweat then she'd go back to the dorms and take an hour long shower. She was weird like that.

With her headphones up all the way, partially hurting her ears, she didn't notice anyone or anything else. She hadn't noticed anyone else on the track because when she'd gotten there, there hadn't been anyone else. So when she got her legs taken out from under her, she wasn't prepared and it was a wonder she didn't injure herself too bad. "Bloody hell! Are you blind or something?!" She was just about to get up and beat his ass when she heard his voice and stopped abruptly, falling back down before she'd managed to get up.

She did a double-take to make sure she was seeing him right. It was him. Aleks frowned and her jaw set, but she had an innocent smile playing at her lips, "Oh yeah, I'm fine..." She took his hand and pulled him down beside her hard, "You jerk! Why don't you get your head out of your ass for a second and pay attention. Damn." She grumbled and huffed angrily. It wasn't even the fact that he'd knocked her down, she could forgive him for that, but considering it was the guy she'd just been thinking about...well he may want to back up.

[Lani Hunter]

To know that someone else knew his secret would not only make Lani lose sleep but he would probably literally go crazy. Just what Hammel needed. A berserk telekinetic. Everything was going wrong and Lani wasn’t sure why his whole world was disintegrating in his hands. It was times like this that Lani really wished he had someone to lean on. But no, he was the stone. He couldn’t be weak. He wouldn’t be weak. He would fight. It was about time Lani finally broke to the point where he would hit someone. He had a long fuse but that fuse was burning low and he was pretty sure that like the straw that broke the camel’s back he was close to his breaking point. Something was going to happen and it was going to happen soon.

Lani quickly inventoried his wounds, something was stinging and he felt the drip of blood from his elbow. Oh well, when you took a fall like that chances were you weren’t going to leave unmarked. He looked over at the girl immediately losing his own wounds and worried that he might have given her some. Poor Lani had no idea what a mistake his carelessness had caused. He just couldn’t win. One thing after another. Soon Lani would be completely entangled in his own web of lies. This was his fault, he couldn’t deny that but he really didn’t expect her to be so angry. Touchy. He frowned at her a little insulted by her assumption that he had meant to do that on purpose. Well maybe he did, one would think a master thief with telekinesis would have a better handle on his surroundings.

Lani raised his hands in defense. “Hey, I said I was sorry,” well this was going to be interesting. Why was she so upset? “Are you ok?” He asked again realizing his question was ignored the first time around. The look in her eyes was feral and terrifying, Lani wondered if his eyes ever looked like that. He swallowed and forced himself to remain calm. His brows came down in a glare and he simply shrugged in an excuse. He really didn’t have a good one. He wondered if he should be worried as she tried to surge to her feet. But she fell back and Lani considered himself safe at least for the time being, but he didn’t know why but she seemed rather intent to hate him.

He really hoped she was alright. He hated when he hurt someone especially without meaning to. It was a terrible feeling to know that he knocked her down and that now he was making snap judgments about her. How strange was it that the last person he had met here was now his maybe girlfriend and now he was very sure he had just made an enemy. Oh well, you can’t love everyone. He smiled with relief when she said she was fine. He was a little dense sometimes and when he offered his hand he braced himself to pull her upright. Wow what a crazy day.

Lani yelped as instead of pulling her up she pulled harder than he expected and pulled him down. He fell off balance and caught himself on his hands managing to twist so he would land on his hip and not his face. “What the hell?” He snapped at the same time she called him a jerk. Wow, talk about snap judgments he had just met this girl and already she hated him. Geez. He glared, “God damn, I said I was sorry. What did I do make you break a nail?” He was in attack mode now. Here he was tripping over his feet and trying to be a nice guy and she just was picking a fight with the wrong person at the wrong time. He surge to his feet and started to stalk off but then turned abruptly realizing only after he did so that he was going to take out all of his anger on this girl. “You know what? It wasn’t like I was trying to knock you down. Maybe you should get over yourself and grow up.” Harsh but Lani wasn’t really talking to her anymore, but she didn’t have to know that.

[Jacelynn Heron]

Jacelynn was not an angry girl, not really. The only thing that ever got on her nerves was when someone talked behind another person’s back. Especially if that person trusted the back-stabber. She didn’t take well to that sort of behavior. It had happened to her when she was young and she couldn’t tolerate cowards who didn’t have the balls to say something to the person’s face. She was straightforward, the most brutal girl one would meet when it came to the truth. Add to that the knowledge she had, well it tended to put a strain on friendships. Big reason why she only had a small inner circle was because she said something one of her ‘friends’ didn’t like and they never talked to her again. If they couldn’t handle the truth, she didn’t need them as a friend. Friends were honest with each other no matter what. In her eyes, she was the best type of friend.

Having cracked her head against the track was probably the worst injury, but the headache was always there anyway so she barely noticed it. Her neck ached, but her focus was elsewhere. Here was the guy who lied to everyone, his own girlfriend, and got away with it. Maybe fate made him run into her so she could teach this coward a lesson in honesty. He had no clue what he’d just stumbled into, but he was about to regret going out running. This little blond may not look tough, but she was pretty decently trained when it came to fighting. He didn’t stand a chance and she definitely wouldn’t be taking it easy on him. He didn’t deserve pity.

“I’m not deaf, in fact I’m sort of the opposite. I heard you the first time when you said you were oh so sorry and when you acted as if you gave a damn about whether I’m okay or not!” Aleks was pissed. Flat out ready to spill blood. His calm, nonchalant shrug just made her blood boil. “How about instead of looking at your feet or the sky, you focus on what’s in front of you since y’know you’re not the only damn person on this planet!” She growled as she plopped back down on her butt. Why it took her by surprise, she didn’t know, but he was lucky she’d fallen back, otherwise she’d have tackled him or something.

Making enemies was a part of life, after leaving the clutches of her mother and the stupid preppy school she’d gone to, Aleks had made plenty of enemies due to her honesty. And her temper. She didn’t back down from a fight if it was necessary and she’d started a few fights such as this before thanks in large part to her power. Had he been anybody else, she’d feel bad for snapping at him before she knew who it was. But she couldn’t feel bad for acting the way she was to him. He deserved worse from someone who actually had a reason to be pissed at him. Such as his girlfriend. What would happen if the pretty little power mimic, mimicked a clairaudient and caught wind of her precious prince charming’s glamorous job of stealing and lying? Oh how she wanted to find out.

When he toppled to the ground she smirked and stood up quickly while he was on the ground. Her stance was ready for a good swift kick, but she didn’t move. It wasn’t fair to kick someone on the ground, even if he did deserve it in every way. “I’m not some prissy princess who gives a fuck about a broken nail, maybe you should get to know someone a bit better before judging them.” She smirked sarcastically at him. Had she not been clairaudient, her words would have made her sound hypocritical, but she knew him better than he knew her so therefore that problem was void. When he began to walk away she followed him, “No, you don’t get to walk away just like that. And it’s funny that you’re telling me to grow up because I was taught that being honest with those who you care about is one of the things that make maturity.” She snapped louder so that he’d hear even though he was farther ahead, “Like a girlfriend perhaps!”

[Lani Hunter]

Perhaps this girl didn’t like dishonestly but lying did have its uses. Especially to those who were fluent in the language. Besides there were a lot of assumptions being made here that Lani wasn’t aware of, all he knew was that he had knocked someone over and when he had tried to apologize had been attacked. Lani had never seen this girl in his life and he was starting to regret their meeting. Well, chances were that he had seen her before but who really knew it wasn’t like he was in class very often. He came and went, just enough so that the teachers could get in a good rant about him being late or skipping every so often. He hadn’t had the discussion about graduation but he knew that was bound to be World War Three in his advisor’s, or whoever he had to talk, office. Probably Lani’s fault because they would push him and he would snap and destroy something. Then they could essentially use that as an example of why even if he had the grades he wasn’t going anywhere.

Lani didn’t even care that he was bleeding; it wasn’t like it hadn’t happened before. If he had been on a job his biggest concern would be leaving evidence. He looked down at her, she looked like she had gotten a little banged up and there was a little bit of blood oozing from a scrape on her head. But nothing major that he could see. He felt extremely bad about it until she started speaking. Then he decided with the mood he was in and with the attitude she was giving him that he was more likely to fight back than do his usual work of trying to make amends. He had dropped trying to be nice after she lashed out at him again. Apparently she was pissed and there was nothing he could do to make amends. Lani was on the defensive and he would stay there as long as he could, mostly because his power was already grabbing at her clothing with the intent of launching her across the field.

“Well excuse me for caring,” he snapped back. She didn’t know who she was goading into a fight, because if it was a fight she was looking for she was going to get it. “And obviously you’re not fine, because apparently you have some sort of mental problem that makes you scream at people apologizing to you!” His anger was being taken out on her but he didn’t feel like it was unwarranted. After all he had no idea why she was so incredibly upset with him. Hell, all he had done was knock her over! He threw his hands in the air giving up trying to argue with this crazy person. What was it that people said? When a crazy person was having a mental break down it was best to just stay out of the way. It a strange way Lani was glad she was being so offensive, it gave him an outlet for his anger and something that he could deal with. Not some problem that was internal or just too big for one person to handle. He could handle this. Unlike he was trying to handle his other problems himself, they weren’t problems he could handle on his own but he was damned if he told anyone.

Lani had to be honest; no one had automatically hated him like this before. He liked to think he was a rather likable person. Children loved him, most people who knew the fake Lani loved him. The few people who hated him, hated him because he was uncatchable and they didn’t even know his name. That had certainly been an entertaining day when he had sat in his old high school gym listening to the very police detective he had outsmarted the night before. Looked the man right in the eye and he had no idea. The man hated thief Lani but he didn’t actually hate Lani. The only person he could think of who hated him was his father but that was far too complicated a tale to go into at the moment. So her reaction completely threw him for a loop but he wasn’t about to let her think she had something over him head.

Lani got to his feet and cross his arms and shook his head at her. “I could say the same thing to you,” he informed her, a small smirk forming on his features making him look altogether criminal. “Well, Princess, forgive me I couldn’t possibly imagine that you were always this unpleasant.” He scoffed a little and shook his head. She wasn’t worth his time. He walked away and heard her come after him so he picked up his stride a little doing his best to ignore her. “Whatever,” he called behind himself giving her a little wave as she yelled at him for walking away. Lani was doing his best but her words caught him. He kept walking when she yelled about honestly though the hair was rising on the back of his neck. Then she added that last snap. Lani froze in his tracks feeling very much like he had been struck by lightning. He clenched and unclenched his fists reminding himself that hitting a girl was never appropriate. He turned slowly and all humor had drain from his face and the glare he gave her was dark and his voice was low and menacing enough to make Styx boil. “What the hell did you just say?” He demanded, cold wrath burning behind his eyes and his power coiling around his mind ready to strike.

[Jacelynn Heron]

Lying didn’t bother Aleks. Not in the slightest. In fact, she was a great liar. She’d been lying to her mother for years, but it was for a reason. Her mother wasn’t a meta, she didn’t understand that part of the world. If she knew about half the things that went on at Hammel, Aleks never would have been allowed to leave the house or her mother would have gone with her. Pyros, electros, shapeshifters, all too dangerous for this little girl to handle according to her mother. Her father, however, knew the workings of Hammel, he had been a student before and he too agreed that lying to her mother about what happened at the school was for the best. So, yes, lying had its uses, but that didn’t mean it was right. Not in his case anyway.

Faintly, she felt the blood trickling down the side of her temple, but she didn’t care. It was just a little blood, nothing she couldn’t deal with. She was just happy he hadn’t made her sprain a wrist because that would put a damper on her pranking which was simply unacceptable. At first, she noticed the guilt written on his face, but slowly it got replaced with anger and confusion. Of course he wouldn’t understand why she was going off on him. He didn’t know what her power was, yet. It was for the best that he stop being nice to her because that would only irritate her further. Nice guy on the outside, lying deceitful prick on the inside, his mask was utter bull shit to her and she wasn’t about to fall for it. Aleks felt a slight pull on her clothing, but it didn’t faze her. She knew all about his power and how he had little to no control on it whatsoever. Maybe if he wasn’t stealing and skipping important classes and training sessions, he’d actually be useful with his power. Not that he knew that, nope, he was just too dumb in her eyes.

What did Adrianna see in this guy? Aleks knew she trusted easily and all, but really? He was such a fake.

Aleks rolled her eyes, “Oh yes because you’re such the caring type I’m sure.” She gritted her teeth as he continued speaking. Mental problem? Ha, he really was clueless. “Talking to you is like talking to a two year old throwing a fit. Completely useless! I’m not mental, stupid! I just don’t like you!” She said through her teeth. Why was she even bothering? It wasn’t her fight to pick, but still, it wasn’t like Adrianna had any clue as to what her perfect boyfriend was really like. Aleks was simply acting on the girl’s behalf. Adrianna may not know, but surely she would be the same way if she found out. Who wouldn’t? Goes to show how much Aleks really knew about the girl. All she really knew was what she’d heard people say about her. Never once had she actually held a conversation with the victim.

It was rare that Aleks went straight into hate. Usually, she’d give the person a chance to explain before completely hating them. But she couldn’t see him giving a logical excuse for not telling his girlfriend and instead sharing stolen moments with a guy he’d started out hating. To Aleks it was quite the dramatic circle. Rhett and Odion had been boyfriends, before Odion, Rhett had kissed Talen who was dating Adrian at the time and now Lani, Adrian’s current boyfriend, was flirting with Odion or Martin as he was called in front of the oblivious girl. Poor poor oblivious girl she was. Talk about a small world. A world of turmoil it seemed to be for the only girl involved. Her taste in men really did suck. Hopefully the girl would see through Lani before she really got hurt, whether it be due to his stealing and lying…or his flirting with the redhead. Aleks would be glad to help her figure it out.

“You could, but the thing is, it really doesn’t apply to me,” Jacelynn said with an equally unpleasant smirk of her own. His nickname, completely off, but made to prove a point only caused her to seethe more beneath her already prominent anger. “Goes to show just how well you know me Thief,” her eyes narrowed as she let her own nickname sink in. Would he finally get the picture? Probably not, he seemed a little dense and well unintelligent. He waved in dismissal and she rolled her eyes walking after him still. He was walking faster, but she was determined to make him see the point of why she was so furious. She finally gave up and stopped while making her last remark. She counted on his reaction and a wicked smile played on her lips as it happened. He turned around to face her and she arched an eyebrow as a challenge to do something. What could he do? Either way he’d go to jail at some point. If she hadn’t had the upper hand, Aleks would have been scared by the look he gave her, but she wasn’t. If he tried, she’d go running to find Adrianna. She had the power, not him. “You heard me you lying deceitful asshole. I know all about you. How you’re lying to Adrianna about your glamorous job, but you’ll talk about it with your side romance buddy Odion, or is it Martin?” Her smirk faded into a frown of pure disgust.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani wasn’t comfortable with his secrets revealed. He liked to hold at least something close to his heart and his secrets were what kept him safe. He hated lying to Adrianna, every time he had an excuse for why he couldn’t come around or why he had to leave for a few days it got harder. She wasn’t asking questions, yet. There was only so much that he could get away with. At least going home for his sister’s doctor’s appointments seemed to be working. At least he had gotten around it so that sometimes he just vanished without a trace. He hated Odion for being right. It killed him every time she looked at him with those wide trusting eyes and he lied with a smile on his face. Some secrets were best kept in the dark. Lani had so many questions and no answers.

The mask he had up around other people might not fool her but it also would block her from seeing his true self. Odion had seen the real Lani a few nights ago and he hadn’t been able to tell if he liked it or not. He kept stubbornly telling himself that he hated it. He didn’t trust Odion. Just because they had so much in common didn’t mean he could be trusted. Hell, it should mean he would trust the redhead even less. If he was like Lani, Lani knew what he would do and so his trust should not be given. It was hard. Now he had two people in his life who he wanted to trust, Adrianna and Odion. But one would probably reject his real self and the other was too much like himself to trust. Either way it was best to keep this wall up. Nice and tight around his heart. And now there was this girl and he was more likely to send her flying than trust her.

“What’s your problem?” Lani asked exasperated and still really unsure of why he was being attacked. Lani let out a harsh laugh. “Oh wow, that’s great. You’re the one freaking out and I’m throwing a fit? You don’t own a mirror do you?” Her rant was getting more and more entertaining. He couldn’t see her reasoning and so the only logical explanation was that she was crazy. Insane. He should just walk away and maybe call that therapist whatever his name is. He didn’t know her self-righteous plan and he couldn’t care less what she was ranting about now. He grinned at her and laughed taking on a mock insulted expression. “You don’t like me?” he scoffed, “I never would have guessed. Which is funny,” he laughed a little more rubbing his brow, “Because I’ve never even met you before now.” His laugh wasn’t the full humor light hearted thing it was when he was with Adrianna. This was a harsh forced sound showing her that he wasn’t taking her seriously.

Lani was in the middle of the drama and he wasn’t even sure of the whole extent of it. He knew Rhett had stolen one of Adrianna’s ex-boyfriends. But Lani was never planning on cheating, hell he wanted to keep Adrianna by his side for as long as she would have him. No matter the lies and no matter the secrets, one thing Lani was sure about was that he had feelings for Adrianna. He couldn’t say exactly what they were but he certainly wasn’t going to explain himself to this psychopath currently railing on about something Lani didn’t even know. “Oh?” He challenged, “So am I to believe you’re some sort of stalker?” Lani’s anger boiled and he gestured madly trying to understand where in her crazy brain she was getting this from. “Know you? How the hell could I know you? I’ve never seen you before!” Then she said that word. That word and his eyes went wide with fear and panic. He went numb to the world and he looked at her slowly shaking his head. Who was she?

Oh no. He did not need this right now. Lani just stared at her and the more she spoke the more his heart dropped. He felt suddenly dizzy and the whole world seemed to drop from beneath him. She knew. How the hell did she know? Odion. He was the only one that knew. Lani felt the bitterness of betrayal before he even knew the truth. There was only one explanation. Odion had betrayed him. His trust broken he sealed his heart and blinked back the stinging feeling in his eyes. Why did he even care? He should have seen this coming. He blinked and his power lashed out at her. The shock caught him completely off guard. The panic racing through him caught his power and before he could stop it, it grabbed her and pushed her lifting her a few inches off the ground by her clothing. It probably felt briefly like being hit by a wall. He redirected it and pulled at the track itself rocking it. It buckled and large cracks appeared beneath their feet before he regained his control. He looked down at his feet, he hadn’t pulled on his power like that in a long time, he almost forgot that he could do stuff like that. “You don’t know what you’re talking about. Who told you that? I’m not lying to Adrianna about anything…” He narrowed his eyes at her. “Who do you think you are?” He asked going on the offensive, “What gives you the right to judge me? Especially about something you’re crazy mind just made up!” He sure as hell wasn’t going to admit to this girl that he was a thief. No way no how.

[Jacelynn Heron]

Had Aleks been in the right mindset, she’d have put herself in his position. Here she was with his biggest secret about to run and tell his girlfriend who could very well spread it elsewhere. Would she want that done to her? Not at all. She understood wanting to keep a secret close to her heart, she kept hers there at all times. But the difference was that he could be put into jail for his secret whereas she’d just be tortured by those who knew her secret. Social turmoil versus actual turmoil. But that hadn’t registered in her mind because she was just so furious. If he had wanted to keep his secret close to his heart, he shouldn’t have been talking about it to someone else. She didn’t know how Odion found out that Lani was a thief, but either way if Lani was going to talk about it with Odion, he should trust Adrian with it as well.

Based off of what she’d heard from about Lani and also from what she’d heard him talk about, he didn’t seem like a horrible guy when he was with Adrian. Just a few days before she heard Odion and Lani talking, she’d overheard Adrianna telling her mother about a boy she was slowly falling for. At the time, it was just an escape from reality, something she overheard but wasn’t really looking for. Aleks had heard of Adrian prior to overhearing her conversation, which was what sparked her interest. But it hadn’t really been anything too crazy. A love sick teenage girl was all she’d heard at that point and Aleks was happy for the girl…until she found out about Lani’s lies. That was the main reason Jacelynn was so upset about the whole thing. She’d just heard this innocent girl talking about a great guy and he ends up being a liar and a thief. It was all very dramatic.

“My problem is you! You flat out ran into me!” She said in and irritable tone. Who asked that?! She gritted her teeth when she heard him laugh bitterly. He was stoking her anger and pretty soon she was going to hit him. “You ran into me! I have a right to be angry dammit! As if you wouldn’t be pissed off if someone ran into you from behind when they could have been paying attention instead!” She was infuriated and honestly should have walked away right then. The more he mocked her, the worse it got and she wished that her power was physical so she could slap some sense into him or set him on fire. “No. I don’t like you. And actually we have met before, not that you’d remember because it was in a class and you rarely attend those,” She said darkly. “Which is explains why you’re so incredibly stupid.”

Aleks didn’t know Lani the way that she tried to think she did. She didn’t know what he was like around friends or how he acted around Adrianna, but she did know that he was a liar and that was all she was going off of. She had heard the way Adrianna talked about Lani, but she couldn’t see where she got the crazy delusional image of him from. He was not as perfect as she thought. “I’m not a stalker dumbass, even if I was I’d stalk someone who’s actually worth stalking. If I stalked you I could end up getting accused of being a thief just like you. I’d rather be lumped in with a more interesting criminal.” She was ranting now trying to get him to see the big picture.

She saw the words sink in and felt a twinge of guilt. Should she have really done that? Surprisingly she did have a conscience, but he had a right to know what she knew. Suddenly Aleks was thrown back a little, feeling as if she’d run into a brick wall, though she hadn’t even moved. Her eyes widened slightly as she fell back to the ground and saw his power lashing out at the track. It buckled and she stepped back a little. His power was strong and it scared her, but she didn’t let it show for long. He spoke again and tried to play it off as if she didn’t know what she was talking about. Aleks frowned, “You told me that when you were talking to Odion. Clearly you haven’t caught onto my power. Clairaudience, I can hear everything. A few nights before I found out about you, I overheard your girlfriend talking on the phone with her mother. She was saying how much she liked you and how great you were. Heck, I actually thought she was lucky…until a few days after I heard you and the redhead discussing your profession. Then I felt sorry for her. She deserves so much better, Lani,” Aleks said quietly as she looked down, her anger fading slightly.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani wasn’t an idiot, he knew what he was doing was wrong. Odion had told him so, this girl was telling him so, hell he was even telling himself so. But the alternative was so much worse. The problem wasn’t really his secret life, though that was certainly a large portion. What he was most afraid of was that he would then have to tell her about his boss and his employment. She would feel the need to help and get herself hurt. No. This was for the best. No one could know. This was his problem, he had gotten himself in and he would have to get himself out. On his own. He couldn’t put someone else in danger. Lani was very selfish in that he tried to preserve his freedom, he liked to keep himself secure but he liked to know about other people as well. But his selfishness ended when it came to protecting other people. In his eyes he would very much rather stick his neck out than know that someone got hurt because of him.

This girl had no idea what she was messing with. She knew his thieving ways that was clear. But she had missed the other half of the story. She didn’t know that if Lani had wanted he could tell someone and she wouldn’t have a tongue to yell at him with come morning. If she really knew what was going on she would have had the brains to stay as far as humanly possible away from him. Either way Lani was panicked and furious. She came in trying to tell him who he was and she didn’t know a damn thing. She didn’t know what Adrianna knew, that he was hiding something from her and he wouldn’t say what. Lani didn’t know that Adrianna knew he was hiding something and it was best to leave that subject untouched. Odion knew that Lani wouldn’t let people in; he refused to let people see him break, or even give them the opportunity to help him if he did in fact shatter. Because shattering was very close to what was about to happen to him.

Lani was startled by her intensity and he simply shook his head speechless. “Okay, okay, you have a right to be angry with me. I’m sorry I ran into you.” He raised his hands imploring her with his eyes to not do what he was thinking she would do. She didn’t know what she could do to him. How much she could bring crashing down. Lani’s eyes narrowed at her accusation. She wasn’t any different than anyone else. Assuming that he was an idiot, and maybe he was in some things, but right now he was not the idiot who was going to give himself away to her. What she didn’t realize was that his will to work on something meaningless was gone and most of his days were spent sleeping because he was working himself to the bone at night. “You’re making an awful lot of assumptions.” He said harshly and bared his teeth like a feral animal. She was pushing him and it was not a good day for Lani. His fuse had burned low and at any moment could set off.

Lani’s heart was racing and his breath was coming in short bursts. He was about to have a break down, of that he was sure. He closed his eyes to the world and shoved his fists into his sockets. He rubbed his eyes forcing back to panic that was rising in him like a wildfire. This couldn’t be happening to him! Not when everything else was starting to break. No one in Lani’s history had ever witnessed the blond breaking and he wasn’t going to start now with this spy. He ignored her completely as his power broke off pieces of the track and sent them flying. He needed to calm down, this girl didn’t know what she was messing with. He couldn’t hurt her. He squeezed his eyes and pushed his fists inward until he started see spots. He counted slowly to ten and took a breath in and a breath out. When he was able to calm himself and his power he shut it down and the world became eerily quiet with the stillness of it. “Please, please,” he pleaded taking his hands away from his eyes and opening them slowly, “Keep your voice down.”

It gave Lani no pleasure to see her afraid, it just reinforced what he already knew. He was so numb now and he shut down his emotions, he didn’t want to show them. He looked at her his eyes dull and his mind still racing trying to take it all in, the despair impossible to hide in his eyes. It couldn’t be over. This couldn’t be the end. Clairaudience, that made sense. He rubbed his forehead to sooth the headache that was blooming under the skin. She was right. It was time to wake up Lani. Put away the fairy tales. There was no such thing as a happy ending. Not for people like him. The only thing gained from this knowledge was the faint happiness that Odion hadn’t betrayed him. His heart accepted that tentatively and the trust he had felt a few nights ago hesitantly emerged from the shadows and gave him a little comfort. Guilt grew in Lani and like a poisonous weed it strangled him and he felt oddly deprived of oxygen. He swayed a little and looked over at the woman. “Please, you don’t know what you’re messing with,” he said again, “What do you want from me?” How can I keep you silent?

[Jacelynn Heron]

The guilt was starting to get to Jacelynn. She really did feel bad for going off on him without fully understanding the whole situation. She wasn’t trying to get him to break down or snap, she just wanted him to understand that if he wasn’t careful, more damage would get done to the girl he was with than he could even imagine. It wasn’t just his job that put her in danger, it was the way he treated her. From what Aleks had gathered, the girl was very caring and understanding. She wasn’t dumb and she most likely knew that getting involved would do no good. It just didn’t make sense to Aleks why he couldn’t tell her and why he talked to Odion about it freely. Okay, maybe not freely, but a lot more than he should. If anything, she figured he’d want to confide in someone who cared about him, which from what she’d originally thought, wasn’t Odion. But based off of how much they spoke…she couldn’t be sure.

Aleks’ power didn’t give her all the insight into what was really going on. She didn’t know the depth, but she had a good idea. Clearly, his job was dangerous and he cared enough to not want Adrian to get hurt. That much was pretty obvious. And even more so, she knew that he didn’t want her to know. He was trying to save the world by taking it on all by himself and it was probably the dumbest thing about him. She knew that everywhere you turn, getting hurt is a possibility. She knew that no matter how hard you tried avoiding something, it happened anyway. Having been sheltered for half of her life hadn’t put her at a disadvantage, instead she learned from hearing other people’s stories. It was how she learned things without experiencing them first. It wasn’t the best way to learn, but it was a start. Aleks didn’t know why he got into his job or why he stayed in it, but there had to be a reason other than the thrill of it.

Aleks bit the inside of her cheek, trying to calm her own anger. She didn’t want to fight him, she didn’t want to hit him, she really just wanted him to get the point. Yes, she was saying harsh things that probably weren’t one hundred percent correct, but it was what she did when she was angry. It didn’t matter if it was the whole truth, she said what was on her mind at the time, no filter. She knew he wasn’t stupid, no thief was. In fact, she had a feeling he was pretty smart, even if he didn’t show it by attending classes. “Assumptions are my specialty, but the funny thing is...I’m usually right,” She snapped back at him, but with less of an edge than she’d started off with. She was running out of steam and really just wanted to be done with this. Clearly, she was getting nowhere.

Aleks watched his reaction and frowned. She almost wanted to reach out, but instead stood her ground and continued to watch him. He was upset and maybe even a little scared, but she hadn’t meant for it to be like that. Or maybe she had. Either way, she didn’t want him to break down in front of her and she definitely didn’t want him to freak out. “I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be loud, but it’s hard to keep it down when you’ve got me so damn frustrated. You’re right, I barely know anything about you or Adrian, but I do know that what you’re doing isn’t right. I don’t mean the stealing, I mean keeping it from her. It’ll tear her apart more if she finds out you’re lying about half of your life and that you’ve talked about it with Odion,” Aleks sighed and looked down.

She really had no idea if she was reaching that part of him that cared about Adrian. She didn’t know if what she was saying would get through to him or if it was no use. It was worth a shot though because she liked the girl even without knowing her and she would hate to hear her cry from a distance about a boy when Aleks could have stopped it from happening. She frowned, “I want you to tell your girlfriend the truth, before I do it myself. One way or another she’ll find out, but you have the chance to tell her on your own and I’m sure she’d like that a hell of a lot better than hearing it from me. I won’t tell anybody else, I’m fairly good at keeping my mouth shut. And I know it’s not my place to tell, but I’ve heard that she gets hurt a lot and a girl that nice doesn’t deserve to be hurt so much.” She shrugged slightly and watched him. She doubted he’d agree to tell Adrianna, but she hoped that he would. Aleks knew by the way he reacted that he wanted to keep the girl safe, even if she knew, he’d be able to do that…wouldn’t he?

[Lani Hunter]

Lani closed his eyes again and slowly his face relaxed and became angry again. He was not going to break down, that was not going to happen. Not now. Not ever. Perhaps it was the terror of being so close to the edge that did it but Lani felt that sting of ice as it edged through his heart and froze it against all emotion. It wasn’t the best thing to do but it was all he had left now. His eyes grew cold and hateful. No. No one had seen Lani angry here, they were about to know what would happen. Maybe not now but ice could shatter and Lani didn’t have a good coping mechanism other than lashing out. Lani wasn’t often violent but if his telekinesis was any show of that often more than one object had been completely trashed when he lost his mind. The only thing to be said was that he never attacked people. But when someone’s car went flying through the air that was certainly not very much better.

His own internal battle turned his attention inward and so he missed any clues that she was feeling guilty about exposing him. All he felt for this woman was hatred now. She was no different than his boss. No different than the people who wanted something from him. She was holding this information over his head and now that his despair had been swallowed by rage he could see a little rim of red in his eyes. Oh she might not be holding his friends or family at gunpoint but she was essentially doing the same thing. Good intentions or not. He could go to jail. She had just flung her lasso around his neck and gotten between Lani and freedom. Lani was almost tempted to lead her on to believe that he was as evil as she thought he was. Oh Lani had many masks to choose from and being an asshole was one of them. She did not know who she had just engaged in battle with.

While anger clouded judgment, it did sharpen Lani’s determination not to fall to her will. He already had one boss he wouldn’t have another. He was ignoring that Odion had somehow climbed into a position superior to him, he didn’t like to think of it like that. Odion was a friend. He narrowed his eyes at her and crossed his arms, getting into his comfort zone. His feet were light and Lani’s eyes became calculating. How could he get himself out of this? Being charming wasn’t going to work, probably. Running either, the information was out there. Well time to breathe some lies in her direction. “Too bad you’re not,” Lani said smoothly, “You should maybe find a little more information before you start accusing someone of something.” To catch a thief you must become the thief. Right now this girl was as far from thinking like a thief as possible and this was where Lani was going to have the advantage.

Maybe he had let a little too much out when she had frightened him off but now that fear was gone. Cold anger sharpened his senses and though inside he was still shaking like a leaf, his mask could take that all away and he gave her a sly ‘you caught me’ look. Let her think that he didn’t care very much. Perhaps he did, perhaps he didn’t. She may never know, all he knew was that she had lost the upper hand and it was Lani’s turn to start throwing some accusations around. He shrugged, he would give her that. He was frustrating to most people, especially when they started throwing around accusations. He wasn’t trying to be likeable anymore and now this was war. “You know how people say you shouldn’t believe everything you hear?” He nodded at her, “How do you know that I wasn’t lying to Odion? And how do you know that the thieving we were talking about is the thieving you are thinking?” Lani laughed a little and shook his head. “Wow, you’ve got strange priorities.” His eyes glared daggers and his voice lost its humor going dead serious, “Adrianna has enough problems of her own to sort out. I can’t add mine to that.” He wasn’t doing this to hurt Adrianna, why couldn’t she see that?

“A word of advice,” he said levelly, “Make sure you have all of your information straight before you go making accusations.” There, plain as day he had just warned her that she didn’t know everything. Besides she was going about this all wrong. If Lani had been in her shoes he wouldn’t have told her that he knew anything. Only let on that he knew everything. That made it all more terrifying. Besides there was always money to be made selling information. Also if she had wanted to blackmail him she should have gotten some hard evidence. The time for being civil was over, she had challenged Lani as a thief and now she was dealing with what she had paid for. He smiled, she wanted him to tell Adrianna, how sweet. But no. He shook his head at her again and frowned. “No can do, Princess,” Lani said, “You don’t even know a third of the story.” Now he gave her a cocky smile. “Besides, who would believe you if you told them? It’s all very farfetched if you think about it,” He raised his brows calling her bluff. He frowned and shook his head his mask breaking for a second. “What do you think I’m trying to do, huh? You think I want to hurt her? Do you think that’s my intention?” He jabbed a finger at himself sorely insulted now. “Who are you to come accusing me to wanting to hurt her? Do you even know her? Adrianna can’t handle this. This. Is. My. Business.” He said emphasizing each word. “She can’t be involved, do you hear me, never! This is my problem! I can fix it! On my own!” He cut himself off when he realized he was yelling. Where had that rant come from? For the past few weeks he had started to break down and want to ask for help, but he couldn’t. He had to fix this on his own and people needed to understand that and just leave him alone. Stop trying to fix it for him!

[Jacelynn Heron]

Aleks was close to just walking away with her information and going straight to the girl. She didn’t care what this guy did to her, Adrianna had a right to know who she was falling so hard for. She wasn’t thinking straight because at the moment all logical thought had escaped her mind. Better yet, why didn’t she just happen to start hanging out with Adrian and maybe just maybe she’d get to overhear Odion and Lani’s heart-felt conversations about both being so completely screwed up? That was what Aleks had encountered. Except she didn’t know either boy that well, whereas Adrian would catch on to a hell of a lot more. It wasn’t the greatest plan, but Aleks didn’t care. She was fed up with this guy’s bull shit and she just wanted out of the bubble of drama.

Jacelynn knew she wasn’t going about this the right way, but she hadn’t exactly planned to confront him about it either. She hadn’t had any time to prep for what she would say to him or what she’d threaten him with. It was a random occurrence that pushed her to this point. Had she not been ran into and never seen Lani or been pissed off by him, she probably never would have said anything to anyone else. She’d carry the secret and burden that went along with her power just like she did every day. But that just didn’t happen. And once he got her going, she just wanted him to do the right thing for once. Her harsh words weren’t meant to make him angry they were meant for him to get the point that Adrian wasn’t going to just tell the whole world and have him thrown in jail. At least, Aleks didn’t see that happening. The girl was weak. She saw all the good inside someone and never the bad.

Had Lani chosen to calm down and talk to her, she probably would have left him alone about the whole thing, but the bitter, condescending edge to his voice just evoked more out of her. Her fingers curled into the palms of her hands and she gritted her teeth. Patronizing her when he was the one acting like a child? That didn’t settle well with her. She wished she had telepathy because then she’d have the upper hand. She didn’t know how to play this little game of his, but she wasn’t going to let him know that. “Oh you’d be surprised.” She had nothing else to say to the fact that she should get more information. She hadn’t wanted to eavesdrop so after she heard what she had, she bolted. She didn’t like having this power. She didn’t like any of it. All she wanted was to be normal and she was farther from that than she’d like to be.

As strong as his mask was, Aleks didn’t buy it. She’d caught him straight up and his fear had proven her to be right. It didn’t matter how many times he lied to her, she’d keep coming at him. Her stubborn personality was a real bitch to deal with. He almost appeared to not care that she knew, but by his earlier reaction, she didn’t believe it. His sly look just made her smirk and narrow her eyes. He did care whether he wanted to show it or not, she knew he did because she’d seen it in his eyes. Her frustration was rolling off of her shoulders in waves. All she wanted was for him to just tell his damn girlfriend so that she could stop worrying about it and getting irritated every time she heard Adrianna talk about him. Was that really so much to ask for?! “People who say that are stupid humans that don’t hear everything like I do. I’ve learned that more often than not, what people say in private is usually the truth. If you really were lying to Odion, why freak out when I confronted you in the first place?” She raised an eyebrow and looked him dead in the eye. “And if you weren’t talking about the thieving I am, why do I have to keep my voice down? Afraid someone might actually believe me?” She challenged him. Aleks didn’t mean to come off the way she was, but he was goading her and that just wasn’t very smart on his part. When he glared at her, she stood her ground and glared back. “I know she has her own problems, but doesn’t she discuss them with you? Isn’t that part of being in a relationship? I’m pretty sure it is. Trust is kinda important in that situation don’tcha think?” She said raising her chin arrogantly.

“And here’s a word of advice to you, watch where you’re running next time and you could avoid being accused of something,” Aleks snapped back at him. She was hell bent on blaming him for this. It was his fault she’d even obtained this information! Next time she’d be sure to carry a tape recorder and make her way to where the conversation was taking place. Now that he was trying to make her out to be wrong, she would be sure to catch him in the act of talking about it. It was only a matter of time. “Stop fucking calling me that or I swear to God I’ll make you regret it, and I don’t mean by spilling your precious little secret,” She threatened him with a tone full of irritation. His cockiness made her roll her eyes and she shook her head slightly, “If you didn’t think that someone would believe me, then you wouldn’t be so worried about me telling people.” The more he goaded her, the more tempted she was to actually tell someone. He was only making things worse for himself. When she saw the cocky exterior break, she watched him closely. “If you gave a damn about her you’d protect her by letting her know what she needs to be protected from!” She threw her hands up in frustration, “I swear it’s like you don’t know her at all! I may not have met her or talked to her, but if I know that she wouldn’t say anything and you don’t…you know there’s something off about the whole thing! And it very well may be your business, but it’s hers too because she’s being put in the middle of this! She has a right to know what her boyfriend is out doing at night!” When he started yelling she stepped right up to him and pointed in his face, “That may be the dumbest thing you’ve said all day. Do you realize that if you try and take care of all this shit on your own that you’ll end up getting yourself hurt? She obviously cares about you but do you really care about her? From what I can see, you don’t. If you actually gave a damn about her, you’d open up to her like she’s opened up to you.” Aleks said with a frown as she backed up and shook her head. She was tempted to walk away, but she couldn’t. Not yet

[Lani Hunter]

It was too easy to get into this girl’s head and set her temper off. Lani nodded to himself, no she was a threat indeed but she could be called a liar now for all the hatred she was showing toward him. It would be easy to convince the other of his lies now. ‘She hates me’ Lani could say, ‘of course she would make up lies.’ He was honestly worried about Odion now, how furious he would be if he knew that Lani wasn’t the only person who had heard his breakdown. She could think him an idiot for all he cared he wasn’t about to try to make friends with this girl anymore. Not when she was trying to blackmail him. No that had opened a whole new door. He would try his very best to annoy her. Apparently it was already working. A sly grin grew on his face and this little imp was going to enjoy having someone to take his anger out on.

He didn’t understand it though. Why hadn’t she gone straight to the police? For that he supposed he should be grateful but at the same time it only made him more wary. Finally after Lani had mulled over the possibilities and hadn’t really come to any conclusions that made sense he had to ask. “Why are you telling me this anyways?” He challenged, “Why not just get me arrested, huh?” He stuck his hands in his pockets and considered her for a while. This blonde really had a temper. Lani could get the upper hand in theory but she would always have that step up on him. It was different than when Odion knew because Odion knew Lani could screw him over just as much as he could screw over Lani. Besides their shaky friendship was enjoyable. He had someone he could talk to with relative openness.

Lani was starting to enjoy this, this was quite a good outlet for his stress indeed. He hadn’t been looking forward to the tongue lashing he was getting but he’d be damned if he let her get away with talking to him like that. “I’d be surprised?” He asked mockingly a small smile growing on his face. “If you want my advice, Princess, never tell all that you know,” Lani said, he had to admit that with a power like that selling information would be a breeze for her. He was trying to appeal to her inner mischievous side. With a power like hers and her abrasive attitude she could simply pretend to know some things and anyone with a secret would sweat it out. He shook his head at her, “Surprise me,” Lani challenged his eyes bright with an angry yet superior glare. He was going to turn this on her one way or another. Besides she wasn’t going to get through to him anyways. Lani had been trained to keep secrets, under interrogation he knew the best way to simply piss cops off by supplying fake information or acting completely innocent. He had been trained for these just in case scenarios.

He had made a mistake, her information caught him off guard and she was threatening his relationship with Adrianna now. Of course he was scared he could play it off like that. But he knew that she knew and she knew that he knew that she knew. But now that she knew Lani was the thief she wanted him to be, that cocky carefree thief with the world at his fingertips. Now she was calling Lani on his bluff. “There is so much that you’re missing here,” Lani warned, “Believe me when I say that you’re treading on very dangerous territory.” Then he smiled brightly it really wasn’t Lani she should worry about. “Besides if I don’t trust Adrianna, isn’t it safe to say that I don’t trust Odion either?” He raised a brow to shoot his point home. It would be so easy to convince people she was lying, so easy. He smiled, “Fair enough,” He paced a little his stride worry free and cocky. “You see, while you’re here shouting your head off at me anyone within hearing distance would make the assumption that you hate me. Which is true, I’m sure. But from that assumption they can assume that every accusation you make is a lie, a jab.” He shrugged at her. “If you want to sell it you need hard proof.” He stopped and stared at her for a moment hating that at this moment she was right. But she didn’t have to know that he realized that. Geez he really hoped she never got together with Odion, the two had something in common. “This is hardly the same thing,” he rolled his eyes and shook his head it was like he was talking to a wall, “Trust is something slowly gained. Adrianna and I haven’t been going out long at all. Maybe I’ll tell her eventually. Maybe I won’t.” Now he turned to her and gave her a viper glare. “But when and if I tell her is my business.” His growling voice was feral and dangerous.

He raised his hands in mock defense. “Touchy touchy. I hope you don’t treat everyone like this, it must be hard to get friends that way.” He gave her a bright smile hoping that he would strike a nerve with that one. Lani laughed at her irritation now he had something that he could get under her skin with. “What you don’t like being called a Princess? I thought that was what all little girls dreamed about?” Oh she had given Lani ammunition now and he was going to have fun with this. “Because, Princess, unfortunately there are other crazy people in the world who are likely to believe you. Do you know what a waste of money and time that would be for me to go through the courts?” Lani mimicked her throwing his arms in the air. He rested them on his head and shook his head. He couldn’t even find the humor in the fact that they had just done the same thing. He jabbed a finger at her, “If she is protect she never has to know what from. God! You really don’t understand do you?” He shook his head and snarled, “Don’t tell me I don’t know my girlfriend when you’ve never even met her. How would you know if you don’t know her?” He challenged, her argument was losing merit by the minute. “You don’t understand…” She shoved her finger in his face and but Lani held his ground. How could she stand there and spew these things at him? He rolled his eyes when she lectured him about how he would get hurt and blah blah blah. Something in Lani snapped and Lani raised his hand but took a few steps back before he could hit her like he so wanted to. Instead he clenched his fists so hard he felt his nails digging into his palms. “Now you’re going too far,” he said his voice and eyes spelling death should she chose to argue with him after this. “I don’t care what happens to me so long as Adrianna is safe. So, don’t you dare say that I don’t care about her. Ever. Leave Adrianna and me alone. Or I swear you’ll regret it.” He pointed at her to shoot his point home. Now before his fury took hold of his power again he whirled on his heels and stalked away.