True Faces Read Online Free Page A

nicest attorney I had met and one
day while we were on a lunch break from a deposition I asked him,
“Are you human?”
    His smile faltered slightly and he asked,
“What do you mean am I human?”
    I shrugged. “It’s just that I haven’t met an
attorney like you before. Usually all of the high powered attorneys
aren’t…”
    Eric laughed. “Well I’m sure you’ll see me at
a trial and take back that comment. I believe that in order to be
an attorney you have to channel the beast within.”
    I stared at my plate in shock for a second.
The phrase he had just used was part of the wereanimals mantra. I
closed my eyes and focused my attention on my third eye. I prayed
it would open so I could see if Eric was in fact human as I
thought. I opened my eyes and looked at him, but only saw his
handsome face smiling at me. I looked to the right and left and
still only saw human faces. Damn. Maybe I would have to go back to
Akio to have him train me. Maybe he was right. Was it in fact safer
for me to be able to open it and see if the people around me were
preternaturals and possibly dangerous for me?
    Eric sipped his water and watched me. “Are
you feeling alright?”
    I took a swig from my cup and nodded my head.
“I just realized that my teacher might have been right and I hate
it when I’m wrong.”
    “ Your teacher? So you take
college classes?” He asked.
    I shook my head. “No, he’s my sensei. I take
classes at a dojo.”
    He leaned back. “See, this is what I want. I
want to know more about you. If we are going to make a great team
we have to know about each other.”
    I shrugged. “There really isn’t much to know
about me. I occasionally take lessons at the dojo near my house,
read books and go to work.”
    His eyes were sparkling with interest. “Do
you own or rent?”
    I found myself mesmerized by his voice and
face and instantly answered his question. “Own.”
    “ Do you have any
animals?”
    I shook my head. “My circumstances don’t
permit animals.”
    He frowned. “What circumstances?”
    I closed my eyes and the trance was gone. Was
he using some type of power on me? I felt the warmth in my stomach
and sighed. Hormones. Damn. “What about you, Eric? There must be a
Mrs. Wolfe or a future Mrs. Wolfe.”
    He frowned deeper for a second then shook his
head and smiled. “No, I haven’t found a woman that I’ve felt is
right for me.”
    I stared at him in shock for a second. He was
single. I cleared my throat. “So, do you live in town?”
    He shook his head. “I live about ten minutes
down the highway off of the old post trail.”
    I nodded my head, knowing where he was
talking about. “Out in the forest, right? My house is on the other
side of the forest.”
    He smiled. “So, we’re neighbors then? Who
would have known?”
    I asked the one question I had been dying to
know, “How old are you?”
    He asked, “How old do you think I am?” with a
sexy smile.
    I rolled my eyes. “You can’t answer a
question with a question.”
    He laughed. “Twenty six. And you?”
    I smiled. “Twenty two.” I looked down at my
PDA and sighed. “Time to get back.”
    Eric groaned. “Are you sure you couldn’t fake
a seizure or something so we could get out of this? I have a
feeling this deposition is going to take multiple days to
finish.”
    I smiled. “Better to get it done now then
save it for later. You do have a trial coming up in a few weeks. It
would be murder for you to have to work on a deposition while
preparing for trial.”
    Eric nodded his head and stood up. “You’re
right. See, I knew we’d make a great team.”
    I smiled and followed him out of the
restaurant and to the building where the deposition was taking
place. The deponent was a short, angry man who reminded me of a
mountain dwarf. In fact, I was positive that if I could See him
that that was what he was. We sat down around the large table and
Eric began questioning the man again. Another two hours into the
questioning