Emanate: Insight Series ((Insight) Web of Hearts and Souls) Read Online Free Page A

but I knew underneath that excuse he felt indebted to Skylynn. I wouldn’t say that those two were best friends—not at all, they both enjoy arguing too much—but they were working together.
    Even though I knew Phoenix would sense me leaving and surely follow me just to make sure I hadn’t gone off the deep end, the time alone between that point and this one was needed.
    I flashed outside, next to my Jeep. Bad move; Brady was there.
    He was on the porch last night when I came home. I didn’t say a word to him because I already knew what he was going to say . Instead, I vanished from his sight and tucked Willow in.
    One thing was certain about Brady: he didn’t give up easily. He had something to say , and he was going to get it off his chest.
    “Where are you going, baby brother ?” he said as he cocked his chin up.
    These bonds right here—they twist my mind. One thought : I felt the honor and respect of the Falcons, of the life across The Fall in the bright reality. I understood this side as being a hell, that my mission was to end fear and bring my lover home.
    The next thought : I was face-to-face with Brady, my older brother in this life. A man that had my back through all this hell and long before. A man that loved his world and his family, that put them first and foremost. The sight of him shifted me back to swallowing the fact that even if I was on the dark side of The Fall, this was home to me right now. This was a dimension that lore stated I created. It was a part of me that I could not turn my back on.
    Two brothers, from different eras of life, forcing me to see through their eyes , asking for loyalty with a glance that I should never hesitate to grant.
    “Not now.”
    “You’ve been saying that for months. There’s no time left.”
    “Did you forget who you are talking to? If I happen to run out of time, I’ll stop it.”
    “That’s your backup plan? Freeze our lives in place ?” he asked, lowering his chin to stare me down.
    No one in my family was thrilled to discover that a large section of my past lives were in the role of a Phoenix. When those memories were unlocked and I naturally started to utilize those lost powers and temperament, they all cringed and looked for someone to blame, some way to bring me back around.
    Chrispin tried to calm them down, assured them that I was still their Guardian and that I would rise soon. He had no doubt. Olivia had seen the flower on Willow’s chest, told him about it. That revelation had apparently spread across the family. My father knew about it now—the entire world did. That was the only omen they needed, the only one they wanted, the reason the intent of the dimension shifted so drastically, right now queued with Saturn’s approach.
    “It’s a better idea than yours—Dad’s.”
    His stare flicked to my chest. “It’s burning, isn’t it?”
    “I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m only nineteen. A child too young to search for his soul mate or battle any darkness.”  That was the line they had all used with me as I grew up. It felt good to throw it back in their face.
    “You’re acting like a child . Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe all the holding back they did, all the times they asked me to hold you back, was for your own good? Because they knew it would trigger this evolution, an evolution you can’t hide from anymore.”
    “Pick a side, Brady. You can’t stand at my side one minute and back up Dad’s the next.”
    “Landen, we have followed your every demand. We have put aside our heritage, our world—pulled warriors from their post and fought in a dimension that has nothing to do with us.”
    “It has everything to do with us! If I am who you believe I am, then I came from there. She came from there.”
    “You did. And you put decrees in place here that you will abide by.” He glanced to my chest. “You can’t stop it.”
    “The sa me decrees that state that I had to be twenty before I could have