Page 145 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

As they all waited to get there, so they could start digging into this mess, Julian was twitchy.

No matter how much he tried to hide it, it was clear he was doing a shit job of it.

Tori was staring at him.

“You need to calm down,” his wife said, hoping he’d do just that.

Truth be told, he was making her edgy, and that wasn’t good. They were all worried, but she was trying to make the best of this.

While they could.

“What is wrong?” she asked, whispering to him.

He was honest.

“I just feel off.”

Well, if he didn’t feel off, she would have questioned everything.

Gently, she held his hand.

“We’ll be okay,” she reassured. “You have to believe in your team.”

Yeah, but would ALL of them be okay? Because he wasn’t one to like collateral damage on things like this.

The facts were the facts.

Wynter was dead, and now, they had a complete stranger at the helm. While he respected Avalon, and understood she had a job, he liked to drive the bus—especially if it was going off of a cliff.

“I am trying, Victoria, but this is our business, and our responsibility. She can go home. We ARE home.”

She knew that, and she also knew that her husband didn’t do well with being out of control.

He’d barely slept all night, tossing and turning, as he kept her awake too.

It was a sad day when you missed your house being haunted.

But they did.

Now with the kids at the daycare, safely tucked away until their babysitter could pick them up later, they had to focus on the task at hand.

“I wish Trey was here,” he muttered. “I might feel less off balance. He’s a pain in my ass, but he’s my pain in the ass.”

She laughed.

“Oh, you’re down bad if you’re asking for Trey at eight in the morning.”

Yeah, tell him about it.

As Oracle walked in, Nate beside her, and Raven following, they noticed Bex wasn’t with him, and they weren’t shocked.

Not.

At.

All.

He saw their questioning looks and went there as if reading their minds.