Logan's Rattler, A. Jarrett [general ebook reader txt] 📗

new friend overheard him and Finn making love. The house Finn lived in might be big, but maybe not big enough.

“Being mated and having sex with Finn wouldn’t leave a trace of magic in you. Finn was turned into a shifter by magic, but it doesn’t make him a magical being.” Carter never broke eye contact with him as he spoke.

“What does that mean?” Logan shook his head. His skin began to prickle, and the hairs on his arms stood on end.

“It means you have magic in you.” Carter pointed a finger at him.

“I’m guessing passed down from a distant relative or something. I can feel the magic just barely, but it’s there.”

“So what you’re saying is that Logan has witch blood in him?”

Finn asked Carter.

“Yes.”

“And this is why my mate can hear voices?”

“I’m not sure on that.” The witch turned his attention back to Logan. “Do you hear voices or thoughts often?”

“Not really. I mean I hear stuff, but not every little thing,” he confessed. “It’s only like personal stuff.” Logan dropped his eyes.

“Like what you said about Abner.”

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“What did he say about Abner?” Trevor asked as he leaned forward on the counter, enthralled in the conversation.

“Shut up!” everyone in the kitchen shouted at Trevor.

“I think you might be an empath.” Carter reached out and grabbed Logan’s hand. “I’m a past reader. Would you mind if I flip through your memories to see if anything is hidden in your mind that might help us figure out what’s going on with you? Or in the very least what witching family you descend from.”

Logan shrugged his shoulders. What did he have to lose? Finding out he might be a witch had knocked him off balance. It was like being on a rocking boat and the waves crashing against the side sending everything scattering out to sea.

Carter took Logan’s hands, then the witch closed his eyes. A feeling of warmth jolted through Logan, but he didn’t let go. He watched as Carter’s face pinched together. Logan looked over to Finn who just nodded his head.

After a couple of minutes, Carter opened his eyes and dropped Logan’s hands. “I didn’t see anything. I mean I saw that your parents died and you grew up in foster care but nothing else. No witches at all in your past. That’s kind of weird. Usually witching families like to keep it all in the family if you know what I mean.”

“So I’m a witch?” Logan asked.

Carter took a drink from his glass then set it on the counter. He took Logan by the shoulders and smiled at him. “Yes. I can sense it in you.”

It was all too much. Logan didn’t know how to react to the news.

It all seemed surreal.

“You said he’s an empath. What’s that mean exactly?” Finn wrapped his arm around Logan’s waist. Immediately relief flooded his senses. Logan leaned into Finn’s embrace, trying to soak up his lover’s strength.

“Empaths get emotional readings from other people. You said you only hear thoughts at random, and it would appear you only hear

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deeply personal thoughts. I’m guessing you hear stuff when people are upset, sad, happy, or aroused.”

“Yeah.” Logan nodded. “But not all the time. If I were truly a witch and an empath, wouldn’t I be bombarded with other people’s feelings all the time?”

“Not necessarily. You have a small amount of magic, so I’m guessing this witch bloodline you descend from has thinned out through the generations and probably didn’t show up in your other relatives or even you parents.” Carter grinned up at him. “You just got lucky I guess.”

Lucky? Is he insane?

Sweat started to break out across Logan’s brow, and the moisture dampened his hair just above his ears. His breath started to rush in and out, and he grabbed his chest. The vision at the corner of his eyes started to fade in and out, and black spots clouded his eyesight.

“Logan?” He could faintly hear Finn’s voice as if he was shouting down a long tunnel. “Honey, calm down. You’re hyperventilating.”

Logan looked to Finn as his lover shoved him into a chair and pushed his head down between his legs.

“Take deep breaths. Carter, are you sure?” Finn