Violet Eden Chapters 04 - Endless

her off. ‘I really don’t need to go down memory lane.’
    She nodded. ‘But it’s true. You might not have loved him the way you do someone else, but you cared enough to consider the possibility of being in a relationship with him. I wasthere, Vi. It wasn’t just him who felt something. And now what? The two of you are just going to fight to the death?’
    I gnawed my lower lip. She was right, there had been something between us. But a whole lot had happened since then.
    ‘Whatever was once there is long gone.’
    ‘So you can, then? Kill him, I mean.’
    I checked my watch and headed for the door. We were running out of time to get organised. I pulled on my jumper and looked back at Steph. ‘Absolutely.’
    ‘Well, thank freaking Christ for that! And about time, too,’ Onyx said, standing outside the door I’d just opened.
    My eyes narrowed. ‘Were you listening?’
    ‘Yes. Better than an episode of Gossip Girl . Sex, betrayal, scheming, murder, and, my personal favourite … denial. I applaud you!’ He clapped.
    I moved in closer to him. ‘Remind me again why we let you live?’
    ‘You claim it’s your humanity. I question whether it’s that you secretly hope my powers will come back to me so you will finally have a worthy adversary.’
    I’m so not in the mood for this.
    I took one more step so I was almost standing on his toes. ‘You will never get any powers back, but if you did, just remember I’d be there to take them from you all over again.’
    Onyx looked at me, a supreme confidence flickering in his eyes. ‘ When I get them back, which I will, I look forward to seeing anyone try to take them from me again.’
    ‘When you two are finished!’ Dapper called out from the end of the hallway. ‘Honestly, you’re like children going at each other for shits and giggles. And you’re the worst of all, girly,’ hesaid, jabbing a finger at me. ‘You know he’s harmless now. Leave him to his snarky remarks, they’re all he damn well has.’
    At that, both Onyx and I glared at Dapper.
    ‘I am anything but harmless. You people gravely underestimate my potential.’
    ‘Then perhaps we should throw you back out on the street we found you on?’ I sniped.
    Onyx whipped a hand through his hair. ‘I look forward to the next time you need to come to me for information.’
    Steph snaked her arm through mine and tried to pull me to her side. ‘We’re leaving. And Dapper is right, the two of you need to remember we’re all on the same side.’
    ‘Funny, but when I look at him it’s just so easy to forget.’
    Onyx smiled slyly.
    ‘What?’ I snapped.
    ‘Nothing. I’m just trying to decide who it is for?’
    ‘Who what is for?’ I asked, losing all patience.
    ‘Vi, let’s go,’ Steph said, trying to pull me away. I didn’t budge.
    Onyx’s smile broadened. ‘All the pent-up sexual frustration, of course.’
    My mouth fell open and before I knew what I was doing, I’d launched myself at Onyx, taking us both to the ground.
    ‘Violet!’ Steph screamed.
    Dapper’s feet thudded down the hall, but all I could see was red. Onyx had said the one thing he knew would get to me and I could still see him grinning beneath me.
    I pulled back my hand to hit him, but before I could follow through, someone yanked me off him and locked their arms around me.
    Iwriggled to get loose from the supernatural grip.
    ‘Eden, trust me, I know what it’s like to want to beat Onyx. But we can hear you from downstairs and Lincoln just walked in. Do you really want him to get involved in this? The man has been known to have a fairly possessive streak,’ Spence said, holding me as I struggled.
    My whole body went into a kind of delayed shock and I sagged in Spence’s arms, suddenly feeling Lincoln’s presence.
    How come I haven’t felt it ‘til now?
    In fact, I hadn’t been able to feel anything except for my rage towards Onyx.
    Onyx crawled onto his feet. He brushed himself off and looked at me with surprisingly calm eyes, the honest eyes that I’d started to associate with him recently – those of an ally.
    ‘You can take that as a small reminder of what it’s like to have an enemy who can pluck on your emotions.’ He tilted his head as if assessing me. ‘I suggest you work on that, rainbow.’
    I finally shrugged free of Spence’s hold; he’d obviously given up trying to restrain me. ‘That was all on purpose ?’
    The corners of Onyx’s mouth lifted. ‘Can’t say I didn’t enjoy