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Logan shrugged. “I don’t know, but I do know there was an energy spike high enough that it not only affected every bit of technology but hit satellites as well. We may not be able to reach realms, but—”
“But nothing. It’s impossible,” Vincent said, cutting Logan off.
Their bickering faded into the background as I stared at the chart. Logan was not wrong about the spike, but it was the line that followed that made the noises, lights, and world fade away. It dropped immediately after Gabby died. A flat, steady line that dragged across the screen. Her echoing scream roared back into my head.
“Thank you, Logan,” I finally said, stopping them mid-argument. Still looking at the tablet, I turned and left.
“We still have one interview left!” Vincent called, but he did not follow.
“Cancel it.”
“I can’t,” I heard Vincent whisper.
“Well, you do it then,” Logan replied back to him.
Their voices faded away as I headed toward the main conference room. I took the elevator up several floors, my eyes scanning, memorizing that graph as a million and one possibilities ran through my head. If Logan was correct, who cared enough to want to witness such a thing?
I pushed open the mahogany double doors, the lights in the conference room already on. The dark leather chair spun toward me and stopped, facing me. Manicured nails tapped on the desktop, and she smiled at me.
“Is this new?”
Dianna.
Two
Samkiel
“Dianna.” Her name left my lips on a whisper, and I damn near crushed the tablet. She stood and walked around the desk. I took a large step toward her and engulfed her in my arms. Her body pressed flush against mine, and I nearly wept. Her warmth seeped through my clothes, the part of me that belonged to her screaming awake. I had missed her so damned much. She was here, whole and well. I could touch her, feel her. I lowered my lips to brush against hers, needing that connection, but she turned her head away. Then I realized I did not feel her arms around me. Her hands gripped my arms, and she pushed me back, forcing me to let her go.
“This is expensive. Do you mind?”
My heart lurched as she stepped back, adjusting the open suit jacket that clung to her. She ran her hands over her top as if brushing away the feel of me.
“I have been looking for you. Where have you been? It’s been weeks. Two, to be exact.”
She half turned, brushing a stray hair from her face. “You counted?”
“I count every second you’re gone.”
A soft chuckle left her lips, her brows ticking up as she trailed her fingers over the desk, rearranging some of the pens. “Coming on a bit strong, aren’t you?”
My heart stilled as another part of me suddenly set up on high alert. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing, actually.” She paused as if thinking. “Oh, you mean since my whole freak out?” She waved the pen in the air before tapping it against her palm. “I’ll admit that was a bit dramatic. Sorry about your building, but you fixed it, so that’s good.”
I shook my head. “I don’t care about the building. You left after—”
“Oh, that.” She shrugged. “Yeah, well, I have a lot to do and needed to clear my head, you know?”
“Dianna.” Her name left my lips in an anguished plea. I had felt her pain, remembered it, and now she sought to bury it.
“Oh, don’t make that face. I’m fine.” She winked at me, extending her small finger and waving it in the air. “Pinky promise.”
“Have I done something to wrong you?” I asked, my chest tightening. She was acting so dismissively.
“Wrong me?” She stifled a laugh. “Gods, I forget how ancient you are sometimes. What does that even mean?”
“I’m just trying to understand where you are coming from.”
