“Why should I got anywhere with you, you two-timing low-life,” I snapped.
“So I can show you what I’ve been doing…and it hasn’t been Sierra.”
I rolled my eyes. “Fine,” I reluctantly agreed. He had piqued my interest. “Travis, if I don’t come back…avenge me.”
Dimples in full view, Travis laughed. “It would be my pleasure.”
Chapter 11
“Where are you taking me?” I asked, grudgingly hopping into his overpriced car. He was keeping a close eye on me, and I knew that if I made a break for it, he would stop me before I’d even had the chance to take one step. Why had I agreed to let him hijack me without giving me any information?
After last night, he was lucky I was even speaking to him.
“To get some answers,” he said short.
“Stop being so mysterious. It’s annoying.” His grip tightened on the wheel, and I secretly grinned inside. Good, let him get agitated.
“You aren’t going to give up are you?” he asked.
“Not a chance in hell. You got me in the car, the least you can do is tell me where we are going. You owe it to me.” I leaned against the door, putting as much space as the car allowed between us.
“You would see it that way.” He sighed. “It’s not what you think. Sierra has been helping me.”
“Oh, I’m sure she has,” I sneered, narrowing my gaze.
“You are utterly impossible,” he declared, shaking his head, the light from the window emphasized his chiseled cheekbones.
I pivoted in my seat. “Don’t you dare make this about me. I’m two-seconds away from jumping out of the car.”
“You won’t even reach the handle before I got to you,” he heaved heavily, clearly unhappy with the direction this convo was going. “Look, before this turns into a full out combat, just listen.” He looked over at me waiting to see what I would do or say next.
I did nothing.
Turning his eyes back to the miles of road stretched out before us, he took advantage of my silence. “Sierra’s parents are both half-demons.”
That was nothing new to me. Lexi had told me about her parents. I didn’t really see what they had to do with any of this. Were they pushing Chase and Sierra together? The thought filled me with red hot jealousy. I bit my tongue and let him continue.
“They know a lot of people within the Divisa community. We’ve all heard rumors about humans being bonded to half-demons, but that’s just it – rumors. I never really put much stock in any of that crap. Well, until you. Sierra however, totally bought into it mainly because of her parents. I asked her for help locating someone who might know more about our connection, about what might happen to you because of it.”
Wow. I sort of felt lame.
He wasn’t sneaking off and hooking up with that skank Sierra. But even so, I absolutely hated knowing that they had spent any time together just on principal, even if it was for a good cause.
When the initial shock wore off, I asked. “And you found someone?”
His lips twitched. “I found an extremely knowledgeable Divisa on the outskirts of town. He might be able to shed some light on this whole connection we got going. That’s what Sierra and I were doing, tracking him down. Her parents only had a name. When we found him, they made a call. He agreed to talk with us.”
“And Sierra was just helping you out of the kindness of her black heart? Bullshit. What does she get? What did you promise her in return?” It was common knowledge that there was no love lost between Sierra and I.
“Look, I know that she can be…”
“A bitch,” I supplied.
He grinned. A low beam of sunlight hit him through the window, highlighting streaks of midnight in his hair. “That’s putting it nicely. But she just wants to help.”
“You expect me to believe that load of crap?”
“I do. I’ve never lied to you Angel. I am not about to start now,” he declared.
I looked away, staring out the window as rows upon rows of dense trees rolled by. “Do you really think he will be able to help?” I finally asked.
“I hope so. He is our only lead so far.” He gave me a crocked grin. “Hold tight, this is going to be the ride of your life.”
I crossed my fingers as he drove us out of Spring Valley and onto the highway. There was something relaxing about the way he drove. I shouldn’t have felt that. Not. At. All. He didn’t exactly have the best track record with cars. You’d think that I would have been scared to death to get in another car with him, but that wasn’t the case. Somehow Chase always managed to make me feel safe and secure.
Even when I was pissed to the max at him.
I was totally going to blame that on this bond. Also, I couldn’t help but notice that just being near him made me feel at peace. “So what’s his name?” I asked, tucking my hands into the pockets of my teal hoodie.
Peering at me from under insanely thick lashes, he grinned. “Ives.”