chapter 45

Marabella The entire drive is awkwardly silent and I have a strange feeling Kyan has no idea why he decided to drag me along with him. He is giving me whiplash with his back and forth, his constant hot and cold signals. making everything even more complicated. “So, what’s going on?” Jonah finally asks the question I have been dying to ask myself, but too afraid to open my mouth and let the words out. Kyan appears to pick his words carefully. “Marabella needs to learn control, we can't have her fiddling with the power she has no right to contain. Until I can figure out how to either teach her to harness it, or take it back, she will remain with you,” he answers. I press my head against the glass and stare out the window as disappointment washes over me. Is it wrong that I was hoping he actually wants to make this work? “And you’re fine with her staying with me?” Jonah asks, his tone seems shocked and I turn my head slightly and look in the rear vision mirror, meeting Kyan’s eyes fleetin