Page 63 of Primal Bonds 1

“Where is she?” Nolan asked Adam the moment Shiro led Lan away.

“Study room,” Adam said.

Nolan sighed. “I can’t believe it came to this.”

“Me neither,” Adam said. “I didn’t expect the woman to turn up.”

Nolan said, “I’m not surprised. With your looks, any woman would stalk you, given the opportunity. She probably got your info from the company’s staff database. It’s not like you to let your guard down. What happened?”

Adam shrugged. “I never gave her any indication I was interested, but I guess there are a few who won’t take no for an answer. That, or it’s because of Shiro.”

Nolan raised a brow. “You told her about Shiro?”

“I mentioned in passing I picked up a little fox,” Adam said.

“Well, whatever. Let’s just get this over and done with. I hate dealing with woman, and humans especially.”

Adam led Nolan to the study room. There he knocked on the door once and then entered.

Debra, sitting on the sofa and with a cup of coffee in her hands, straightened when she saw Adam. A nervous smile spread across her lips, then she said, “Adam, thank goodness. You dealt with that beastkin?”

Adam said as he came into the room, “Did seeing the boy frighten you that much?”

“Not really.” She chuckled, noting Nolan behind Adam. She widened her eyes and asked, “You are?”

“I’m Adam’s brother,” Nolan said. “The name’s Nolan. Adam asked me to help with the… situation.”

“Oh, I see,” Debra said. “That’s… great. I mean, beastkin should be in the institute, right? Where they could be monitored properly. They shouldn’t be living among us. You just never know when they’ll do anything crazy.”

Adam took a seat on the armchair while Nolan sat next to Debra on the sofa. Nolan said, “So you’re frightened of beastkin?”

“Well, not really,” she said. “That one just now, he doesn’t look that… frightening. But like I mentioned before, they need to be monitored. They’re different so…”

Nolan said, “Debra, that’s your name, correct?”

Debra nodded. “Yes.”

“Debra,” Nolan said. “I’m a therapist, of sorts. I know you’re scared of the beastkin and I’m sure it shocked you to have encountered one so close.”

Nolan couldn’t believe he spoke of his own kind like they were some sort of dangerous beasts, which was thefurthest from the truth. Sure, a few of them were wild and psychopathic, but so were humans. The majority of them, however, were tamed and only wished to spend their lives in peace, but it seemed it was the institute’s, and to a certain extent the populace’s, wishes that beastkin should never get any.

Again, Debra nodded. “Yes, it was unexpected. I was very shocked.”

And started screaming like a banshee, Adam thought. He was glad this was a penthouse and not an apartment on the floors below. The loud scream would have most likely attracted the attention of the neighbors and would have brought even more chaos.

“Then would you care to let me do a light therapy on you? To ease your mind. This sort of thing, the shock, it tends to stick. It will only affect your daily life if you don’t treat it.”

Debra frowned in thought for a moment. “Yes, you’re right. Something like this, it does tend to stick, doesn’t it? Psychologically, mentally, and emotionally. The shock. I was definitely shocked.”

Nolan smiled pleasantly. “The therapy, it’s hypnotism. Have you had it done before?”

“Hypnotism. No, I’ve never had it done before,” Debra said. “But I’ll give it a go if it helps.”

“Great,” Nolan said, giving her a dashing smile, which made Debra blush.

Adam watched as Nolan leaned closer to Debra. Then he gazed intensely into her eyes. From the small distance between them, Adam could see the supernatural power Nolan was releasing from within him, the blue haze offlame dancing about his form. Nolan’s eyes, too, were glowing, and within moments, he had Debra in a trance. It only took a few more seconds after that for the work to be done, and when Nolan snapped his fingers, Debra closed her eyes and fell unconscious.

Nolan caught her and then rested her back against the sofa. His supernatural power fading away, he turned to Adam and said, “It’s done. She won’t remember shit after this.”