Defenders of Destiny Bk 1: Destiny Begins

Lovelorn.

Warning ⚠️: This book contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Joelee paused outside of the main doors of the apartment, the painted glass concealing the inside from normal eyes but despite her weariness she could tell that someone was just inside the door.

"Sam, you're going to have to move." She sighed as the rising sun illuminated the vast array of colors that marked the glass, her eyes squinting as she resisted the urge to sneeze from the sudden flash of light in her vision.

Another sigh escaped her lips as she realized that Sam was asleep, the soft snoring within making that much apparent. Joelee grabbed the door handle opposite of the side that Sam was sleeping on, gently pushing it open but Sam sat up rather quickly as she stepped inside.

"Where's Kai?" Sam asked in a groggy voice, Joelee immediately flinching as she swallowed heavily to try and ease the lump that was forming in her throat.

"He took him. But I'll get him back." Sam's eyes widened as they stood rather quickly, fists clenched as they struggled to form coherent words before they finally gave up even trying to form a sentence that Joelee could understand.

"You let a giant rock with an attitude take the person that I needed to confess my feelings to before I explode?" Sam blurted out at a rapid pace but Joelee seemed to understand as she simply shook her head, deciding to put the feelings thing on the back burner until she calmed Sam down a bit.

"It wasn't Obsidian. I don't know who this guy is but he was really powerful. He threw me off of a roof with his mind. He has telekinesis like Killian does but... He seems a lot more trained... And a lot more powerful." Joelee rubbed at her eyes, head pounding as her mind raced over the events of last night.

They'd searched until the sun started to come up. She'd eventually had to send Killian home around midnight as he almost got his tires stolen right out from under him as he slept in the back of the van. The walk home was hard as she had to use the rooftops her whole way there, eventually turning back to normal and removing her masks to climb down the fire escape of the apartment. But every single window and door aside from the front door was locked... So front door was the only choice she had.

"Why take him!? I get he's incredibly handsome but... He's just a innocent smol bean." Sam's eyes watered as they stared at Joelee who slowly ran a hand through her hair, releasing a soft sigh as she once again shook her head.

"He knew both of our names. He said we looked a lot less dead than he remembered... So maybe he's from The Monarch. He may have been told everyone who escaped died? I'm not sure. But I'll find out. I'm going to talk to Killian about looking into missing person reports about a person who matches this new guy's description. But I WILL find Kai. We're devoting all of our time to finding him. Obsidian even said we'd put finding his imposter on hold until we find Kai. I won't stop until we do." Joelee assured them as she began to limp towards the elevators, Sam following rather quickly behind her despite the fact that Joelee wasn't exactly moving anywhere close to as fast as she normally did.

"You look a little rougher than you did last night. So I believe you. But I'm going with you tonight. No exceptions." Joelee opened her mouth to argue but Sam began to sprint past her, aggressively pushing the elevator button as they glared intently at Joelee.

"Or we can fight and I make you walk on a leash in wolf form if I win." Sam continued as Joelee limped over to stand beside them, visibly hesitating as she seemed to debate whether or not Sam would actually make her do that if they won.