Chapter 226: The Meeting
Jacob~
The clock on the wall ticked with a kind of mocking calm, echoing through the silence of my house. I stood in the center of the living room, arms crossed, heart heavy. Light streamed through the windows in golden bars, warm and gentle. But all I could feel was the storm brewing inside me.
I’d sent Easter off to school just an hour ago. She smiled—too brightly—and kissed Rose’s forehead like she wasn’t breaking inside. But I knew better.
I’d seen the nightmares.
I felt them.
And I couldn’t sit still any longer.
I closed my eyes and sent a call out—not with words, but with will. A silent pulse of energy rippling through the invisible threads that bound me to my close siblings. The kind of call that needed no explanation. A meeting. Now.
Eagle was the first to arrive.
He didn’t just walk in—he appeared, like the wind itself had peeled open reality just enough to let him slip through. Tall, wiry, and sharp-eyed, always scanning, always calculating. He didn’t say a word. Just crossed the room and leaned against the window frame, arms folded, gaze steady as if he already knew something was wrong.
Next came Bubble, light on his feet, his presence almost musical. That same effortless charm followed him in, the kind that usually left people grinning before they even realized it. But not today. The warmth in his smile hovered like a dying ember—there, but struggling to burn. Even he could feel the shift.
Then came Tiger.