The Fugitive - Chapter 141

Work in her favour?

Again, Einar wasn’t telling her much. She stared at him, wondering if he could really be trusted. There were so many people after her, for different reasons. “Have I not paid you enough to keep you as my ally? To stop my location from leaking to those who are hunting me-”

“Nyx, you should know by now, even after only knowing me for a short time, that I do not work for anyone but myself. Occasionally I do it for the greater good.. but that is very rare,” He winked again, making Esme pause and search his face, unfazed by the hybrid’s flirtatious nature.

“Anyway, I think I have taken up much of your time.. Oh right..” He snapped his fingers, and the noise outside began again, and she saw both Marcus and Brody jump and stare at them wide-eyed.

“What the fuck did you do!?” Marcus jumped up; his eyes burned brightly, shimmering into his wolf’s eyes.

“Ah ah ah, you really do need to read the room before coming at me in a rampage. Youngsters these days,” Einar huffed, gripping onto his book still. Marcus looked at Esme, inspecting her from head to toe and seemed to relax only slightly after seeing she was fine.

“Brody,” Esme stood up slowly and approached him. “I will visit you weekly, okay?”

“Thank you, Nyx. I will forever be in your debt-”

“I would not want to be in Nyx’s debt,” Einar muttered like he knew her well. But it made her frown; nobody had ever been in her debt, so where did he get that idea from?

Marcus stepped forwards threateningly in Einar’s direction, but the hybrid did not move nor look concerned. Esme ignored them and grabbed Brody’s hand, keeping them in both of hers, although her hands were too small to completely cover. “You can pay me back by getting better.” She squeezed his hand and smiled before turning around and walking back towards the door.

“Remember, Nyx. One week. I will get in contact with you closer to the time,” Einar called out from the sofa. “Now, I have an excellent room you can stay in..”

The door closed behind Esme and Marcus, but Brody and Einar’s last words made her pause and look back at the door.

“She’s a Goddess..” Brody whispered.

“Ha! One to be feared, though,” Einar laughed and then muttered darkly.

Esme scoffed and shook her head before continuing on. Brody saw her as his saviour and was now calling her a Goddess, but at least Einar revealed his true thoughts about her. It made her relax more about the deal she’d made with him; if someone as powerful as him was still wary of her, then it meant he would not betray her.

“I feel like you’ve just made a deal with the devil. There’s something about him that doesn’t feel right,” Marcus grumbled as they walked across the metal bridge overlooking the arenas that were still somewhat full.

“Nonsense. For some reason.. Even though what you say may be true, I still trust Einar. I don’t know why but it almost feels like I’ve known him a long time. But we only met last night.. Scratch that.. I met him at the witches first. His behaviour towards me, though, is still a little odd. Do you think it is because he’s a hybrid?” She questioned aloud as they continued down the hallway again, stopping before the door to the snazzy bar.

“Honestly, he is just an oddball and might have a crush on you?” Marcus suggested as he opened the door. “A crush but still not trustworthy in my eyes.”

“Again, don’t be silly,” She replied but was a little lost in her thoughts. The book he had been holding onto was titled in Latin, ‘..Gods: Khaos’. His hands covered half of the title, but the name stuck with her. She wondered why Einar suddenly wanted to read about the Greek Gods or if it was his leisurely pastime.

Now outside, and the sky was becoming darker, Esme stopped and stared at the growing darkness, being both comforted and chilled by it. The wind picked up, then suddenly blew her hair rapidly to the side, stray parts flowing across her face. All sounds had been muffled out around her, and she stared in horrific awe as the clouds started to swirl together and flashing bolts of lightning brightened the sky-

“Nyx?”

Esme looked back at Marcus and then the sky again. It was completely normal. The sounds of her surroundings had returned, the noises of birds chirping and the cars driving at the nearby motorway rung through her ears. She shook her head. “Now, I’m being silly,” She muttered before glancing at her friend and shivered. “Let’s go home. I miss my mate.”

Now it was Marcus’ turn to shiver, making her giggle and rid her mind of strange daydreams and thoughts. She longed to see Gabriel now, firstly so she could hide in his arms and be comforted by him, and secondly, so she could ask him a few questions about their bond and if he had had any strange dreams. Though she didn’t think he would, Gabriel said he hardly dreamed, but it didn’t seem like a coincidence that these things were happening to her.

After seeing the book in Einar’s hands as well, it made her question just how much the hybrid knew about certain things. But Esme knew from two occasions now that trying to get information or a favour from Einar was quite risky business. Last time he took her hair, and she owed him a favour, this time she was to do something for him in a week’s time. Her curiosity was gnawing at her, but the less she interacted with him, the better.

“I doubt that will happen. You promised Brody you’d see him weekly. It’s more than likely that Einar will run into us, and probably on purpose too,” Isana muttered disapprovingly.

Her wolf was also very suspicious of the hybrid, but she also understood this strange feeling Esme felt towards him.. They’d met sometime before these last two days but had no idea where from.