Yours Eternally

Chapter 9

I wasn't sure if was cringing because of the noise Nathan was making, or because I was seeing a side of my father that I didn't think existed. The second half of the basement looked like an interrogation room with a small room separated by a one-way glass.

Dimitri stood just off to the side of Nathan with his arms crossed, a slight tinge of red in his eyes. I jumped when the door beside me opened, my hand fluttering to my chest. Christian gave me an apologetic look and closed the door behind him and came to sit beside me.

I chewed on my thumbnail as I watched the scene unfold before me. As I listen to the sound of my father's fist his Nathan's flesh, a new image took over my sight. It was still Nathan, but he looked deranged and lifted a gun up toward me. I blinked and was back to looking out the mirror.

"Can mates develop abilities? Like how Dimitri has heightened compulsion, can mates develop things too?"

Christian pursed his lips and shrugged. "It's possible, yeah. Why?"

"Before graduation, I saw something. I thought I was daydreaming, but it was more déjà vu."

Christian frowned. "It's possible, I mean, you and Dimitri's bond is stellar. You know who would be better to ask?"

"If you say Tasha, I will slit your throat," I said dryly.

"I was going to say Malcolm Weston," Christian retorted with raised brows.

"Oh," I said and looked away from Baba when his type of interrogation was getting hard for me to stomach. Instead, I moved my eyes to Dimitri and I watched his eyes move to mine.

I wouldn't watch for the next few minutes, Dimitri's voice floated through my head. I looked at Christian and turned my body towards him too.

"How was Lissa when you dropped her off? She seemed to be in such a good mood before you left," I asked, tucking my foot up on the chair.

"She was good. I think that her grandparents are getting ready to take her home. She's improving steadily and holding onto new memories every day. She learned all of the nurses' names, and she asked the nurses for books again. I think that at this point, her mind is healing on its own. It just needed some help," Christian said with a smile, "She told me she loved me last night."

"Had she said it before?"

"In the car before she got in the accident. I had just hung up around the time of the accident," Christian said. I smiled softly and rubbed the side of my neck.

"Have you told her about any of this?"

Christian shook his head and slouched in his chair, running his hand through his hair roughly.

"Not yet. I wasn't sure when I should tell her, but I think I might need to hold out for a little while. Everything is still so overwhelming for her that I don't want to make it worse. Maybe in a month or so? I want to give her time to fully understand. Too much information is not good for a brain that's already not doing so great."

"I think that's a good idea. We don't want to set her back," I agreed with a nod. Christian glanced back out the mirror and his eyes widened.

"Damn. Your dad is good," Christian muttered to himself.

"Do I even want to look?"

"It's more questions now."

Am I going to vomit if I look?

No. It's fine now.

I looked back and felt my eyes widen as well. Nathan's face was bloodied and swollen, his left eye already casting a purple shadow. His lip was split and he can barely hold his head up, but he gave Baba a cocky grin.