Order of the Omni: A Supernatural Romantic Suspense Novel (The Immortalies Book 1) by Penny Knight (good english books to read txt) 📗

opinionated. Like any young teenager that feels safe in their environment is. I admit Franziska has always been extremely traditional, just like all the family. But I was grateful for a roof and food, so I didn’t complain.

“Elita. You must come home with us at once.” Franziska’s plea awakens the room.

“Absolutely not.” Leo doesn’t miss a beat.

Her scorn turns to Leo. “You! What did you do? I know who you are. I am not afraid.” She lifts her chin, “Elita is coming home to us, her family. We, the Divinians, will take care of our own.”

“Elita is not a Divinian,” Leo says.

“Elita is right here and can answer for herself.” My hands land on my hips. Angry either of them thinks they have the right to say where I go. At least they’re not claiming ownership of me.

Why would Franziska say I am a Divinian? “What’s a Divinian?” I finish my thought out loud.

“You are not a Divinian,” Livvy says. “Divinians are blessed with divine magic abilities.” She sighs. “Basically, it just means all witches and sorcerers.”

“You may not be blooded Divinian,” Franziska says, “but you were brought to us by Chaos himself for protection.” She pounds her chest. “You were entrusted to us Divinians for protection.”

I rub my face. “You didn’t say that before.” I can’t keep up with all the lies.

“I did not want you to be scared. I told you to be careful and to not trust them. Look, see what they have done to you.”

Her voice is rising the more emotional she is getting.

“Them? You forgot your place old woman.” Broderick’s vicious tone shocks me.

She did throw him across the planet, or close enough. I’d be pissed, too.

“I’m not scared of you.” She looks to him with disgust.

The silence from everyone in the room pulls my gaze up and to Leo.

His eyes are on me again.

I don’t know who to believe.

Both have lied.

I hold my amulet in my hand and Leo’s words come back about control.

I squeeze it harder and my eyes shut. But what Leo did, Franziska was right to worry.

I’m so confused.

“Look, how about we let Elita rest.” Livvy comes up behind, rubbing my back.

“Yes, at home, let’s go.” Franziska doesn’t give up.

I can see Leo go to speak.

“No.” I beat him to it. I don’t want him to answer for me even if it is the same one. “Franziska, we are staying here. Livvy is right, I’m tired.”

She goes to argue, but ultimately when she assesses me, her eyes soften. I look a mess, I don’t need a mirror to know this.

“Then we stay.” She folds her arms.

“Who else knows?” Leo questions Franziska.

“I no answer you,” she spits.

“I know you know who I am. And you know what are within my rights.” His face, as always, gives nothing away. No emotion at all. This is the Leo I first met, but it’s a lie. I have seen him now. The one night we had, when we were just man and woman. Or, was that a lie?

“Maybe everyone needs to calm down a bit.” Livvy tries to ease the warring tensions.

“I know exactly what you people are capable of. That’s why I will never endanger anyone. All you need to know is the high council knows we are here.”

This doesn’t make Leo happy, at all. “So, what you’re telling me is it’s no longer a secret Elita is carrying the new heir? That due to your big mouth, you’ve put her life at undue risk, with all the rats that are swarming in your council.”

Livvy scoffs at his remark. In agreement?

She gets warning eyes from Franziska.

Whatever Franziska is saying, it’s fast and with vicious intent in her language.

What is even more surprising is Leo answering in the same language, their voices rising.

The bickering is childish, but shockingly scary. I have seen firsthand what these two are capable of.

“Stop arguing.” I try to be heard. But they are impenetrable, the more Franziska uses her arms while she talks, the itchier Lucas and Nadav are. Resting their hands on their guns, tracing the trigger. “Stop!” They don’t listen.

“She said fucking stop!” Livvy yells and stomps her foot. Instantly the overhead sprinklers turn on. Cold water sprays down hard and fast. Never in all the years living here had the sprinklers ever turned on. I thought they were for show as the building was so old.

I was wrong.

They work, and they work well.

Quickly Franziska rolls off some words and with more effort than they were turned on, she turns them off.

“Oh my god, sorry, sorry, sorry!” Livvy apologies, lifting her wet shirt to wipe Franziska’s drenched face. Obviously, that doesn’t work. “Shit.” She turns and faces everyone. “Sorry, just...” she waves her hands. “Just go back to how it was before.”

Like magic.

Well, with actual magic. Beads of water ball and rise from our saturated clothes. Mystical and beautiful, starting off slow as water is sucked out of our hair, the furniture, everywhere that was touched by the downpour. It zips back up into the sprinklers with a whoosh and we stand as we were.

Dry as a bone.

“Whoa!” Topher says what we are all thinking.

It was truly the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. “Yeah, whoa.” I am awed. “That was amazing, Livvy.” I turn to her smiling.

But my smile falls when I see her on the ground. Her face is terrified looking up at Franziska.

“What was that? I never know you do that?” Even Franziska sounds astonished.

This seems to panic Livvy. “No, it was an accident. I don’t know.” She quickly gets to her feet.

Why is she so worried? I thought they were all witches?

I survey the room, seeing if this isn’t normal for anyone else. Leo watches both Franziska and Livvy with trained eyes. Lucas is pulling his rifle over his shoulder checking its damage. Nadav is assessing his clothes, his eyebrows raised as he feels over his dryness. But Broderick has his eyes solely fixed on Livvy with furrowed brows, white dust all over