See How She Fights (The Chronicles of Izzy #2)(12)
“So someone is sacrificing Seers and this is the third one? Where were the Guardians? Why weren’t these Seers protected? What is being done to protect the rest of us from this madness?” I demanded. I was growing more hysterical as the moments passed. Something inside of me demanded that I protect the Seers. My very DNA screamed out that something must be done. They were my sisters, my fellow travelers down this miserable lot in life.
“And you doubted she was the one,” Isadora said to Kennan.
“What is all of this subtext you people are throwing around? Could someone please just spell it out for me? I don’t have the mental capacity to deal with much more than that,” I said, pointing toward the folder in Kennan’s hands.
“We should go so that we can talk. We will meet with you again in the morning to discuss matters further, Isadora,” Kennan said brusquely before bowing and nodding in Breanan and Conall’s direction. It suddenly dawned on me that everyone bowed to Isadora when she walked by. I had a sinking feeling that what Kennan was about to tell me was really going to rate high on the suck scale.
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CHAPTER FIVE
We made our way up the stairs to the dorm area. I was seeing red by the time we reached our room. I walked into the room silently, trying to tamp down my rage. The moment the door closed I could not contain it anymore. I thought we were past keeping secrets
“What in the hell, Kennan? You have been talking to Isadora this whole time without telling me. That whole ‘You need to call Isadora’ bit was a load of bull wasn’t it? What’s going on, Kennan? And don’t you dare bullshit me or try and wrap me in some protective bubble, because it didn’t work the last time and it sure as heck won’t work now,” I said throwing my body down on the end of the bed. I didn’t even want to look at him I was so mad.
“I just didn’t think there was any urgency to the situation. Apparently, I was wrong. And of course I talk to Isadora. All Guardians report to her. I just assumed you knew that.” He paused rubbing his hand down his face.
“You know what assuming does,” I said snidely.
“Funny. Listen, I would have told you. You have to believe that. I wasn’t trying to keep you in the dark. I just wanted you to have a few months of peace before everything got shifted again. I wanted you to be free from this world for a while. Maybe give you time to adjust. Hell, maybe I was just being selfish. Maybe I wanted to keep you to myself for a while. Whatever the reasons they will never be enough to you. I know that and I know that Isadora was right, I should have told you the minute she knew.” He finished, falling to his knees in front of me. His face was pleading.
“What is it?” I whispered. I didn’t want to hear the words that were about to come out of his mouth. I knew somewhere deep in my soul I would never be the same again.
“You will be replacing Isadora soon.”
I didn’t give him any time to explain. I didn’t hear the next words out of his mouth.
I got up and walked out of the room with a ringing in my ears. It was all too much. The dead Seer, Kennan keeping secrets, and not just any secrets but that I was going to have to take over the Council. The world spun around me as I fled our room. I wanted to be as far away from Kennan as I could get.
I didn’t know where I was going. I just headed in the opposite direction of his deceiving arse. He had promised me he would never to lie to me again. Yet here we were. I couldn’t understand how he had kept something like this to himself. How did he think that was okay?
I couldn’t fathom being responsible for all of the other Seers out there. Hell, I was doing well just to keep myself in check. My stomach churned as I tried to find my way out of the house. My mind became a jumble of unanswered questions.
I ran out of the back door, almost stumbling over the paving stones leading out into the garden. I slowed myself down and tried to wrap my head around what was happening. Was Isadora going into retirement? Would I have some sort of training period before I had to take over? Was Kennan keeping anything else from me?
I wandered through the garden maze until I was out of sight of the house. My head was still spinning when I found a bench to sit on. My vision blurred as tears began to stream down my cheeks. How could Kennan have kept this from me? He had promised no more lies, yet here I was with the world crumbling around me once more. He could have warned me and instead he chose to let me walk into this blind.
My tears continued to flow, part desperation, part anger. Would I ever have any control over my future, or would the rest of my life be a series of events set before me that I was expected to fulfill? Ever since Kennan ripped me away from Chicago last year my life had been nothing but a constant whirlwind of chaos and upheaval.
I stared down at my shoes trying to regain my composure when I heard movement to my right. I looked up to find Conall approaching me slowly.
“What’s wrong, lass?” he asked lowering himself beside me on the bench.
“The man I am supposed to trust most in the world is keeping things from me. My future is never going to be my own again. Someone is murdering Seers. Just the usual,” I sniffled, hastily trying to wipe away the evidence of my pity party.
“So what are you going to do about it?” he asked in his rich brogue as he lifted the brow over his good eye.
“I have no idea. But wallowing seems like a good plan for now,” I said, lowering my head into my hands. I was shocked by the sudden presence of a warm hand resting against my back. I looked back up to find Conall staring at me thoughtfully. “Um, what are you doing?”