Page 83 of The Lost Ones

“Ok, we were doing surveillance and split into two teams with Nate and Kyle in the van with all the monitors, since they’re the more tech savvy of us. We-” she gestures around her to Jett, Dash and Damon. “- were in a separate vehicle watching the fight club that he runs, since it’s the main place he deals out of.”

“Fuck!” I growl.

“Not your fault, you didn’t know Sage.” Kai tries to reassure me, logically I know that, but it still pisses me off.

Erin raises her eyebrow at me.

“I used to fight there a lot.” I explain. “Sorry didn’t mean to interrupt.”

“No worries, anyway everything seemed perfectly normal until it wasn’t. Around twenty big armed men suddenly came streaming out of the doors and surrounded us. We fought the best we could, but we were heavily outnumbered, they shoved bags over our heads, zip tied our extremities and then dumped us in a van and brought us to the warehouse.

After that they pretty much left us alone, it was odd actually. They brought us the minimal amount of food and water to live on and came in to rough us up every now and then but nothing life threatening. It’s like they were simply waiting for Sage to arrive and then they could dispose of us.” She takes a shaky breath, “that’s it until Sage arrived unconscious, she remained that way for about twenty minutes or so, we honestly had no idea who she was or her significance.”

“I’ll take it from here. So it wasn’t long after I came around that Brent came in spouting the usual shit about how I belonged to him blah blah blah, I didn’t take too kindly to that, so I may have called him a few choice words, especially when he told me he’d beat the defiance out of me.”

My guys stiffen and an inhuman growl sounds from Levi causing Erin’s team to stare at him in shock.

“What the fuck dude?” Erin gasps.

“When did you fucking become a demon man?” Dash booms.

Levi ignores them both his eyes flashing red as he lets out another growl, I’m up and out of my seat in a second.

“Um Sage, I wouldn’t do that if I were you, when Demons lose it like this at the academy, several teachers have to come in and they get put in the holding cells until they calm down.” Nate says as he moves as if to block my path.

Levi lets lose a truly terrifying roar.

“Fuck,” Damon curses, “I don’t think he liked you saying that dude.”

“No, it wasn’t the words, it’s how close you are to Sage,” Thomas warns, “very slowly take a step back, Sage you need to help him.”

Nate reluctantly does as Thomas says and I love that he’s trying to protect me. Erin really has lucked out with her guys.

Chapter Twenty-Three

Islowly approach a still rumbling Levi, the tension in the room is almost suffocating at this point. I check him over noting that his posture is rigid, and his eyes are now completely red and not flicking between the green of his human ones and the red of his demon ones.

Seriously what is my life right now?

“Dude you’ve got fucking claws!” Kai says excitedly, earning another loud growl from Levi, although this one seems slightly exasperated rather than a warning.

I couldn’t tell you how I know that I just do. I shoot Kai a glare over my shoulder and he shrinks a bit as Jax elbows him in the side.

“Sorry Sage.” He whispers, his eyes wide and causing me to snicker.

Damn him for being so fucking cute. I turn back around, focusing on Levi again and glance down at his hands. Sure enough each finger is now tipped with a thick black and deadly looking claw.

“Hey!” I stupidly say, a bit self-conscious now that I’m doing this in front of everyone.

I come to a stop in front him. He growls again the sound bubbling up from deep within his chest, the whole room tenses.

“Oi! I told you about that before, fucking knock that shit off!” I threaten. Completely unafraid although I’m aware that I probably should be.

“Shit Sage, it’s not a good idea to speak to a demon like that.” Joey says quietly.

Levi suddenly darts forward dragging me onto his lap, he’s very careful not to snag me with his new wickedly sharp claws though. Everyone moves as if to come towards us.

“He’s not hurting me.” I tell them as they reluctantly back off. My focus on the demon with the mischievous eyes in front of me, “Uh oh, you’re going to be trouble aint ya?” I grin at demon Levi.