He got the call, he didn't want to get the call. Cassian was so close into telling her the truth that she probably already knew, but he just had to get interrupted by his pesky half sister. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbiiw9A4a3
"Dammit, I'll be right back." He stood up and went into the other room shutting the door behind him. He picked up the call, leaning against the wall. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKmV83p2lE
"What the hell do you want?" Cassian asked, crossing his arms. Harper laughed on the other side of the phone, what was so funny about this?173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7nQBEnWX9
"Nothing, sweet brother. I just wanted to inform you on how your little secret will be shared but not from your sugar coated side, no of course not. You don't have to worry about wasting your breath and words. I'll tell your sweet Emery for you. She is my best friend after all isn't she?" She taunted, he could nearly hear the shitty smile on her face. He wiped a hand over his face, and shook his head. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMeJNwFnYv
"You're fucking insane." 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XKfCRwQwF
"That's no way to talk to your little sister, is it?" She asks, laughing again. He nearly punches the wall, but restrains himself from doing so. He starts pacing back and forth, shaking his head not knowing what to do at this point. Cassian hated Harper more than what he hated himself, at times he wanted to kill her for everything she had done. Other times he had to restrain himself from cursing her out, and the whole Covenant all in one. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMK4C7LQ8Y
"Harper you aren't helping, what do you want. I'm not going to take any of your bullshit anymore. So tell me, what do you want exactly? I swear to the gods themselves if you try anything stupid I will end your shitty life myself this time. And you know I can do that." He hissed, gripping the phone tighter. Harper laughed on the other side of the phone, and sighed. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9PsvagbxN
"Cassian, Cassian, Cassian. You do know you can't end me, you haven't reached that potential yet. I won't try anything stupid, I care about Emery too. Just not enough to not tell her." She said, Cassian groaned and shook his head. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9mKWdsJsW
"Go to hell." 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FetMcDVv6
"Already there." The call ended, the line a long beep before cutting off completely. Well she was right about one thing, she truly was already in hell. And in the depths of it too. He stared at nothing and everything all at once. He just wish he didn't have to hide the truth from Emery for so long, about his powers for so long. Because the more you hide something from someone, the more you will break someone's trust when they find out, either by the person telling them or them finding out themselves. And Cassian couldn't, wouldn't let that happen. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy7s6JlMsT
Soon enough, he walked out the room and back to where Emery was, she was already asleep again. Looking like an angel, and a ghost all at once. He smiles softly, but his heart was heavy with guilt. He walked and sat next to her, the mattress dipping under his weight, his hand reached out, but stopped midway. The warmth of her skin radiating off of her reaches his hand that is inches away. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiSzgWhmk8
"I'm sorry, little ghost." He whispers, his head leans down and his lips kiss her head softly. Emery lets out a soft hum, and her body shifts. Cassian sighs, and stands up again. He walked over to the bed the first thing that stood out was that shitty leather journal. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8QhkwLsuH
The leather journal sat there like a threat. Cassian stared at it, jaw tight. He shouldn't have brought it with him. He definitely shouldn't have left it on the bed either. But the stupid call made him careless. And tonight careless might cost him everything. He picked it up quickly, thumb brushing the worn spine. The familiar weight settled into his palm, grounding and suffocating at the same time. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLJM8PFLGG
The journal could never get to Emery's hand, but maybe it already did. It was his burden. The curse. His proof. Cassian opened it slowly. The pages were filled with entries written in different inks, different pressures, different states of mind. Some neat. Some frantic. Some barely legible. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUHmajjRlQ
Records, names, dates, descriptions of voices, descriptions of the dead. Proof he wasn't insane, or proof that maybe he was. He flipped to the most recent page. Blank. Relief flickered in his chest. Then ink bled into the paper, slowly, right in front of him. Cassian stilled, the handwriting wasn't his. It never was when this happened. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c1HIhxLqo
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You waited too long
His fingers tightened around the edges of the journal. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMhtHo62Ae
"I know," he whispered. Another lined formed beneath it.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzLW36lMUB
She will learn the truth tonight
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"No." The next sentence appeared faster. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUjGcDddA0
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The room grew colder, Cassian slammed the journal shut.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc7jrVxsl6
"I said no." The whispering in the walls returned, faint but growing. Like distant voices underwater. His pulse thudded in his ears. Control. He needed control. He pressed his palm flat against the journal's cover, forcing his breathing to slow. The whispers scratched the edges of his mind, trying to slip in, to be heard. Not now. Not with Emery here, not ever with Emery here. Behind him, the mattress shifted.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfauQUFwrJS
"Cassian..?" Her voice was small and sleepy, he turned instantly, shoving the journal behind his back where she couldn't see like a guilty habit. Emery pushed herself up on her elbows, eyes heavy with exhaustion but focused on him. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl305LgPlp
"You're pacing." 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKM7ve3jBu
His steps halted, he hadn't realized he was. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrha8c1zkzt
"Sorry." He said quietly. She watched him for a moment, her eyes narrowing. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL0ccbBz9M
"You do that when something's wrong." 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKp9EIkKps
His chest tightened.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xtF976613
"I'm fine." 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWbYh3cpaZ
She gave him a look that said liar without using the word. Cassian walked back to the bed and sat down carefully, keeping the journal pressed against his side, hidden from view. Emery noticed anyway. She always noticed. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCguLxVvv0
"What's that?" She asked softly. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheIgt7iVAE
"Nothing."173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhZRBUHpjH
"Cassian."173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mMdiS2dNl
He hated when she said his name like that. Gentle. Patient. Like she was giving him the chance to be honest. He couldn't. At least not yet.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHBjHGvSTN
"Just something from the Covenant." He said, that wasn't technically a lie. Her expression shifted immediately. Fear, suspicion. Anger.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaeCYuC8NA
"All they do is hurt you," she murmured. He didn't respond. Because she wasn't wrong, Emery reached forward slowly, her fingers brushing his wrist. The whispering stopped. Instantly. Cassian froze, her touch always did that. Like the dead refused to exist near her. Like something about her pushed them back. He swallowed173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw3dIFV5sB
"You should go back to sleep." He said.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxKyVOL5lI
"You should stop lying." She replied. Direct hit. Emotional damage. Fatality. Cassian exhaled slowly. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Psfi9pqlj
"I will tell you." He said. And he meant it, just not tonight. Not when the journal was writing again, not when the dead were restless. Not when Harper had already pissed him off with the shitty call. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4qHbkxwa0
"Soon," he added. Emery studied him again, clearly deciding whether to fight him on it. Finally she lay back down. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhm9SbzrzR
"Soon better mean soon," she muttered. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKOkCYkHfx
"I know." Within minutes, her breathing slowed again. Cassian stayed sitting there, still, listening. Waiting. The moment her hand slipped away from his wrist, the whispering returned. Soft and hungry, and anticipating. He pulled the journal back into his lap and opened it again. The page was more full. One new sentence awaited for him. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtamGlFDmgm
It has begun.
Cassian closed his eyes. For the first time that night, he wasn't afraid of Harper.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcovdNLuMMG
He was afraid of what came next.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlA16exuMG
and then Add to home screen.