The Powerful Pride of an Immortal (Immortal Supers Book 4) by Kurtis Eckstein (i want to read a book .TXT) 📕

to pick me up, per their own decision after finding out where I was, with them driving a company vehicle supplied by the CDS.

Dammit, I hadn’t thought much about it yet, but both Lexi’s red Ferrari and the white Corvette were gone. Completely vaporized by this ridiculously powerful ability I’d obtained from Lily.

And shit, with some extensive training, it occurred to me that Lily could be a serious badass in her own right, especially since she had regeneration now too. Like, that kind of destructive power was top-tier, especially if it could be controlled like that, destroying only what the user wanted it to destroy.

It was basically how Lexi could generate and use lightning, even though she wasn’t fireproof or capable of surviving a lightning strike. Her ability to fully control the energy in her body, including the transfer of heat, was how it was possible for her to survive her own otherwise lethal superpower.

Asking if I could borrow Jackie’s phone again, I went ahead and gave Freya a call to update her on the basics of the situation, including my new boss’s assessment of the level of risk we were dealing with.

All of which Freya agreed.

She knew her decision to leave the house was probably an overreaction, especially since these attacks were in public and separated by four to eight weeks each time, but she preferred to be safe rather than sorry.

Especially since we had two little girls to protect.

They were already on the road after packing in record time, and despite everything, she still intended to spend the night at a safe location, where the four of them would be completely alone and secure. Freya also shared that she left Lily’s phone on the table for me, as well as hid a note with the address for where they would be, since she disabled her own phone’s GPS. She explained that the message was in a place where only I would find, and told me to search without using my eyes.

I assumed she meant that I’d be able to see it with my second-sight.

But then Freya said something I hadn’t even thought of.

“Honestly, based on what you’ve told me, I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy thinks Lexi is dead now. Like, this attack was overkill. No one would have survived had you not been there. And, even with you there, over a dozen people still died. There’s no way for this guy to know that Lexi wasn’t one of those victims. And he won’t know, so long as we’re very careful from now on.”

Shit, she was totally right.

I put her on speakerphone so she could have a short discussion with Jackie about it, only to find out Jackie was already well aware of that possibility. It was what she meant by controlling the information the media receives about the situation, and was why she suggested Lexi should avoid going out in public, even though the risk was low.

Because for now, this guy had no reason to believe that his attack wasn’t a complete success.

That fact certainly made me feel a ton better.

Once I talked for a few minutes with Lily as well, and also told Rose goodnight and that I loved her, Jackie proceeded to walk me down to the ground floor to wait for the Stockton sisters. When they pulled up, night having long since fallen, I was relieved to see that they appeared to be alright, but what I was shocked to discover was that they weren’t alone.

They were both in the backseat, with someone else entirely driving them.

Someone with jet black hair, pale green eyes, pale skin, and black lips.

“Winter?” I said in surprise as she climbed out of the driver’s seat, the black car still running.

She simply nodded in my direction, ignoring me completely as she spoke to Jackie. “Nothing significant in either of their memories of the incident.” She then focused on me. “Mr. Archer, get in.”

Well, okay then. Not sure why she was being so formal all of a sudden, but whatever. Maybe it was because she was essentially working right now, although I recalled she also referred to me by my last name when she seemed annoyed previously.

Giving Jackie one last farewell, I began climbing into the passenger seat, only for Heidi to speak up.

“Sam,” she pleaded simply.

Ah dammit.

I stood back up, closed the passenger door, and climbed into the backseat, prompting Heidi to bury her head against my chest, barely managing to stay in her own seat. My hand was then taken by Lexi, who scooted closer to Heidi and held it in her lap.

Shit, three people, and we were basically squished into just two seats!

I leaned my head back, and took a deep breath, as Winter began driving, actually thankful she was here, but also uncomfortable again knowing she could read all my thoughts.

Oh well.

I was sure she’d heard worse.

And it wasn’t like I was thinking anything bad right now. Honestly, I doubted she even cared. After all, the last time I’d seen her, she’d chastised me for thinking the universe revolved around me. Even now, she was probably in her own head, rather than hanging out in mine, or listening to it, or whatever it was she did.

Either way, it was fine.

She could focus on my thoughts if she wanted to, and ignore them just the same. It didn’t really matter, and I shouldn’t worry about it. Honestly, it wasn’t much different than Freya’s ability, even though one was my fiancé and the other was some chick who seemed to be barely tolerating me right now.

Okay, enough thinking about it already!

The trip back home was a quiet one, and it never even occurred to me that I hadn’t told Winter where we lived. But I just assumed that she might have found out from either Lexi or Heidi’s heads earlier. As we pulled up to the gate, I told Winter to stop so I could punch in the code with an astral limb to open it, since