Beautiful Sins: Leigha Lowery (20 page)

Randy and Alex entered the kitchen with the news.

"Leigha, we are going to need to borrow your clothes. Mina's going to confuse the scent, but we will need what you have on for it to work." Randy explained.

"Fine." I growled and stomped out of the kitchen.

"What's wrong with her?" Randy asked in confusion.

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Captured

If they wanted bait, I would give them bait. Mina followed behind me, and quickly switched from her clothes to mine. She scowled at the fact that she would be lacking style for a few hours.

"Why do I always have to be the only female?" She whined. I snickered. I straightened my face when she glared at me. I had to constantly remind myself of their superhuman hearing. She pulled her hair up, while I slipped into a pair of yoga pants and a white shirt.

"Don't worry Leigha. Everything is going to be fine. Alex will keep his word. Naomi will not be harmed." Mina assured. Her assurance seemed to work somewhat. I followed her down stairs to bid them farewell. I know it was stupid for me to worry for their safety, but I couldn't help it. I didn't want anything to happen to any of them. Not even Slanderous Judas.

"This shouldn't take long Leigha. Capturing her won't be a problem, however keeping her alive… that's another story." He confessed. I sighed. Alex gave him a stern look and Judas sighed.

"I will do my best Leigha." Judas vowed. He bowed before me, acknowledging me as if I were royalty. I pouted. The two men that were showing interest for me were putting themselves in danger for me. I didn't like it. Jason began to approach me, and Alex snarled. Judas put his hand over Alex's shoulder to calm him.

"Calm yourself. Let him have his moment. It's not like you're not going to win in the end anyway. Why be jealous?" Judas muttered. Alex sighed and took a step back.

"Please be safe." I begged. Jason smiled at me.

"Relax Leigha. This will all be over within an hour tops." He assured. I threw my arms around him. Alex groaned. Jason pulled back, and took a few steps away, to allow Alexander his moment with me. I rolled my eyes; this was so stupid. Whatever they were fighting about, I hoped they would put all of that aside to rescue Naomi before she did something that would hurt her chances of conversion.

"I want you to at least try to relax. Will you do that for me?" He asked, tucking a lock of my hair behind my ear. I couldn't help but to nod.

"Yeah, I can do that." I sighed. He took my face between his hands and pulled me closer to his chest. He held me for a long moment. Something about the way he touched… I couldn't place it, but it felt so right.

"Ugh! Enough with all the love. Can we go now?" Judas complained. I frowned at him. Alex chuckled.

"Let's get this over with. We still have to round up the wolves before the trip to the Islands." Alex reminded. Randy pulled my mother into a tight hug. He then walked over to him and buried his face in my hair.

"You are the best daughter a father could ask for. Take care of your mother until I get back." He murmured into my hair. I nodded, fighting back the tears of joy.

My heart sank as they left. My mother wrapped her arm casually around my shoulder and pulled me out of the kitchen and into the living room. I pulled away from her.

"I think I'm just going to lie down." I said. I had too much going on in my mind.

"Okay baby." My mother sighed.

"I'll help you look for decorations." Maria offered.

"That's so nice of you Maria.” My mother chanted. Good, I needed some time to think. I was going through a system overload.

I walked into my room, slammed the door shut, and sprawled comfortably across my bed. I stared at the Chronicles for a long moment, just appalled that my favorite book had such a huge impact on my life. A cool breeze brushed up against my bare skin, making me shudder. I looked up to find the doors to my balcony cracked open. I climbed off my bed to close and lock the doors again.

"Hmmn, I don't remember opening these." I muttered.

"That's because you didn't." A familiar voice answered. I whirled, stunned to find Naomi sitting casually on my bed. She looked normal. Almost normal. The faint silver glow in her eyes gave me insight that she wasn't the Naomi I met when I first moved here.

"Naomi, I'm glad to see you are alright. We were so worried about you." I murmured. I took slow breaths, trying to calm my heart rate. I knew she could hear it.

"Actually Leigha, I've never been better." She crooned. She lifted up her hand, examining her monstrous claws. She was all cleaned up; she looked amazing.

"All of this is happening because of you." She murmured as she examined her claws.

"My fault? How so?" I asked.

"We were doing so well. Claiming the lands. Then you show up and everything suddenly spirals out of control. You're sending my brother before King Royce. I can't have that." She explained to me.

"Your brother? I don't understand." I told her. In one swift motion, she was off the bed and just inches from my face.

"You are the reason my parents are dead. He could have helped me through this transition, but no! You have him trapped in Forest Park like some criminal!" She yelled. She was losing control.

"What are you going to do Naomi?" I asked her. Her breathing was becoming uneven.

"I'm going to offer the King a trade. You, for my family. You think you can capture my people?" She fell out into a roar of heavy laughter.

"Consider yourself captured." Those were the last words I heard before she slammed me through the balcony doors. I flew over the balcony into a pillar of snow. I felt a warm wetness trail down my face. In one quick stride, she leapt out of my window and landed right in front of me. I looked up into her silver eyes that glowed into the moonlight.

Oh crap. Alex was going to be pissed.

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