Contained (Evolution Series Book 5) Read Free

visions, I’d felt uneasy about using my abilities. As stupid as it may have been, I figured that the less I used them, the less chance I would have of my visions coming true.
    I half wondered if Nathan had drugged me with something else. Or maybe I was just predisposed to becoming a monster, with all the genetic alterations he’d done on me when I was conceived.
    Aiden narrowed his eyes at me. “You can do this if you want.”
    I shook my thoughts away. He’d assumed the reason I was dejected was because I wanted to be the one to take control for a change. Aiden had always taken care of those things and I was happy for him to continue. I forced a smile. “You go. I’ll stay here with these guys.” When he looked at me doubtfully, I added, “And make sure he gives us the lunch package. He forgot it last time.”
    Although Aiden wasn’t convinced I was okay, he nodded and went inside.
    Chelsea bumped shoulders with me. “Are you okay?”
    I bumped her shoulder back. “Couldn’t be better.”
    She eyed me suspiciously just as Aiden had, but she kept her opinion to herself.
    A couple of minutes later, Aiden returned with a set of keys in one hand and a basket full of goodies in his other. “Ready?”
    “Yep.” I linked my arm with his and we made our way down the jetty and climbed up onto the catamaran.
    “How long do we have the boat?” I asked Aiden.
    “One night so far, but we can extend it if you want.”
    Chelsea pulled her towel out of her bag and spread it on the deck. “How about for a month?”
    I laid my towel beside hers and sat down on it. “Won’t we be cramping your style?” I flicked my gaze up to Lucas then returned them to Chelsea.
    She bit down on her smile. “There are bedrooms downstairs.”
    I shoved her arm. “Please, Chels, spare me the details.”
    Crossing her legs she twisted herself around to face me. “Come on, you want to know don’t you?”
    I screwed up my face. “Nope. Ignorance is bliss.”
    She cocked her thumb in Lucas’s direction. “He is bliss. It was as if he knew what I wanted. He was one hell of a…” She broke off in laughter. “You should see your face.”
    “How about I send you an image of Aiden and me, and we’ll see if you’re still laughing.”
    “Eww, no!”
    “Exactly.”
    She hugged her knees under her chin as she jittered with excitement. The girl couldn’t sit still. She was desperate to tell me what happened after Aiden dropped them at the hotel.
    “Fine.” I lay down and stared absently at the one and only cloud in the sky. “But spare me the raunchy details.”
    Letting go of her legs, she inched closer and lay down on her side, facing me. “Okay, well, let me just say, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.”
    I chuckled as I rolled my head to the side. She was beaming with happiness. “Is it safe for me to ask what for?”
    She drew her eyebrows together. “Aren’t you supposed to be able to hear my thoughts?”
    “Nope. I’ve blocked your thoughts permanently! Your mind is way too dirty for me.”
    “You never cared before.”
    “That’s because you were never thinking about my brother’s hands running all over your body.”
    Chelsea threw her head back as she laughed.
    “I do not need to see my brother’s and BF’s sex life.”
    “That’s just weird isn’t it?”
    “That Lucas is my brother? Or that you’re dating my brother?”
    “Dating…” She shook her head. “I never thought I’d hear that word associated with Lucas and me.”
    I laughed. So far she hadn’t followed through on a single train of thought. I was sure her mind was bouncing around just as much as her body was. “You’ve got it bad.”
    “That I do.” She grinned. “I didn’t think he’d ever go for a normal human. Ooh. That reminds me, Harry sent me a message.”
    That got my attention. “What did he want?”
    She chewed on her bottom lip. I was pretty sure she wasn’t thinking about Lucas so I reopened my