Fated, A Timeless Series Novella (A Timeless Series Companion Novel) by Lisa L Wiedmeier, Sam Dogra Page B

I’ll ask Colt if he can get a better look later.
    I frowned , putting the jewelry box back on the dresser . He wasn’t telling the whole truth.
    Callon?
    Daniel, let’s just go home .
    Knowing he wasn’t in a mood to share, I took his arm and jumped us back outside. He said nothing more as we headed home, holding a guarded expression. He was better at opening up to us than before, and I knew he’d eventually spill his heart, but his evasiveness made m e uncomfortable .
    H e’d found out something, alright .

    I sighed, curling up on the sitting room couch. It was a month or so after the night we spied on Cheyenne . Callon still hadn’t spoken about the incident, and it was driving me , and Colt insane. Every time we asked about the ring, he’d shrug it off with some excuse. In an effort to dig some answers, Colt had managed to see Cheyenne’s ring a few times at school, but he didn’t think it looked like a clan ring. It was definitely precious to her , though , and she’d had it for a long time, which made things difficult to interpret .
    But why wouldn’t Callon talk to us ?
    On top of that, we’d had a few close calls. About a week and a half ago, t hree Tresez had appeared on the Wilson’s doorstep, and I’d had to call Colt for help. He’d managed to slay them all and hide their bodies in the forest, but it left me very nervous. I’d only spotted them just in time. And t hough my scars from their bites had healed, it served as a brutal reminde r of the fate that might have awaited Cheyenne.
    About the only good thing was the lack of movement from the Ghosters. They’d come from Marcus’s stronghold in Canada, but we hadn’ t heard any reports they’d reach ed this part of Idaho yet . They were deadly assassins, able to transmit parts of their soul as speckles of light , called soul-shards . If a human looked at them, even for an instant, they’d be frozen into a trance. A piece of their o wn soul would be taken, and their physical body would run after it, right into the Ghoster’s hold. It was the easi est way to capture and kill Timeless children before they transformed, as Timeless were much more resistant to their effects. Cheyenne would only have to catch the reflection of their soul- shards , and we’d be powerless to help her.
    I looked to the clock on the mantle-piece. It was late . Colt and I were watching television, though neither of us really pa id attention to the program . Earlier when I’d been spying on Cheyenne , nothing had happened , and I hadn’t picked up on anything unusual on the way home, either . I’d even snuck in another hot chocolate from Alexis, though this time I remembered to take my coat with me. Callon had gone out about an hour ago to pick up a secure package , but had yet to return.
    Colt yawned, breaking the silence.
    “ Any luck with Callon? ” he asked, stretching .
    I shook my head.
    “No, he still won’t talk about it.”
    Colt grumbled.
    “ I hate it when he’s like this,” he said. “ Why does he feel he has to shoulder everything alone ? We’re family!”
    “You know Callon,” I answered, sipping my soda . “ He’s just worried about protecting Cheyenne.”
    “Aren’t we all?” Colt shot back. “ If he really believes she’s Kvech, then we need to start making plans to move out . Tresez we can deal with, but once the Ghosters get here, we’ll be stuck. A nd if they capture Cheyenne , we can’t do anything. ” He punched the cushion on the sofa. “ Callon needs to tell us exactly what he’s planning , or we’ll just… ”
    T he front door opened , cutting him off . Callon walked in, looking tired and carrying a package wrapped in brown paper . His boots were wet—it must be raining again.
    “Well?” Colt hurried to his side. “ Did he meet you like he said ?”
    Callon nodded. He discarded his sodden jacket an d walked into the sitting room. He dumped his package on the coffee table. A couple of books slipped out , bound in