Page 133 of Eclipse Sector

“Not quite,” he murmured aloud. “That was still just a thought. But it’s possible you won’t inherit my telepathy at all, and just the mind reading.”

“Just the mind reading,” I echoed, picking up my pizza again. “Like that’s some small detail.” I bit into the cheesy goodness and forced myself to chew while I considered everything I’d overheard outside.

Every insult.

Everythought.

Although, I wasn’t sure if they were all comments from their minds or if some of them had been uttered out loud. With Miranda, it was hard to say.

“Oh. My. Gods. Pregnant and unclaimed. She’s even more pathetic now than she was before.”

I winced as I recalled her callous words, then cringed, as thinking about them seemed to pull me into her thoughts once more.

She was currently looking at a menu, deciding what to eat.

“Ivana,” Cillian’s deep tones brought me back to him, his gaze capturing and holding mine. “I’m going to have to teach you how to tune out the voices.”

I swallowed, no longer hungry. “I’m not sure I like this new ability.” Especially as I could still hear Miranda whispering in the back of my mind, her words cruel, her thoughts even crueler.

And it wasn’t just her. I could hear…more.

My eyes closed again as an onslaught of voices suddenly poured into my mind, all of them seeming to talk at once.

Limus finally restocked the cheese. Thank the Gods.

Why is that Beta looking at me?

She has a pretty smile. Oh, but those lips would look far more interesting around my?—

Ivana.

What’s the code again? Three, five, six? No. Ugh. Three, four, six?

Ashlyn wouldn’t run away.

I frowned.Is that Quinn’s voice?

But before I could try to follow the strand, a dozen more assaulted me at once. All of them about daily activities, or eating, orsex.

I clapped my hands over my head, no longer able to focus on anything around me. Nothing tangible. Justthoughts.

B positive is always so tangy.

Why is the milk always left out on the damn counter?

Countdown from ten. And breathe.

That little rebel left teeth marks in the table again!

Fuck, this is getting out of control. If they find out where?—

Ivana!

I shuddered, that dominating voice drowning out all the rest.

Except it only lasted for a second.

Almost immediately,morevoices assaulted me.