Deadly Prophecy (Second Sight Spinoff)

Chapter Two

With Kate deciding to ruin his morning, Declan was thrown for the rest of the day. He attempted getting in a workout, but was too mentally and physically drained. Later, he tried redirecting his energy to searching online for any new missing persons cases. Work usually helped him maintain a singular focus. But at that moment, nothing helped erase the vision of Kate in white, making a vow that she'd never belong to Declan.

Disappointingly, it was a slow news week and no major abductions were popping up on the crime forums he frequented. Still desperate for a distraction, he immersed himself in business planning. He was starting a psychic investigation agency with Kate and needed to find out what they needed for legitimacy. In the past, he had gone chasing cases, researching rewards purses and contacting families to offer help. With the new venture, ideally the clients would come looking for them. The hope was it eliminated the need to try and sell psychic phenomenon. Because many times when he had asked to help on a case, even after putting on an elaborate dog and pony show for the client's benefit, he was told to take a hike.

Declan and Kate worked well together because different things drove them. Kate wanted to help people—she seemed to get a strange rush from reuniting lost loved ones. She would allow clients to pay her in Hallmark cards with pictures of cute puppies and flowers if he allowed it. Conversely, Declan did it for the money. He was certain he came off as shrewd and callous, but he had been on the other side. Having absolutely nothing bred his materialism. He had been a painkiller addict living on the streets with no friends and no family to turn to. His psychic gift, a curse before he knew how to make his abilities work for him, was what saved him. His powers gave him a house, sweet wheels and more money in his bank account then he knew what to do with.

When Declan was eighteen, he was in a ski accident that should've killed him. In fact, he was dead for all intents and purposes, but some unknown force decided to shove his sorry ass back inside a broken body. They also decided it would be hilarious to send him back with a psychic ability—an ability that felt like one long mind fuck. Before he learned meditative techniques, he had zero control over whose head he ended up in. He had to become a keeper of everyone's secrets—mostly a bunch of bullshit he didn't want to know in the first place.

After a few years of squandering his powers, he finally started attaching a price tag to his visions. Abductions were what he and Kate specialized in. He would try and enter the victim's head and uncover information about where they were being held. If the victim were dead, they wouldn't connect with their mark. For most of the cases, he would see a random personal memory and have to garner clues from the flashes. If the abducted was a child or someone with a less than stable personality, their defenses was lowered enough he could hear their thoughts as well.

For the remainder of the day, he posted a few ads online and created a website and Facebook page. He had gotten into a text war with Kate over the name, but had allowed her to choose KD Psychic Investigations. In return, Declan's name would appear first on anything advertising the business.

Also, he had hired a realtor a couple of weeks ago and she showed him a few office spaces. He was trying to choose a location between his town and Kate's. Kate lived in Franklin while his house was an hour away in South River, New Jersey.

He was taking the business seriously and he could tell Kate was surprised by his ambition. She had Jared, so she'd never get it. His family hated him and hadn't spoken to him in years. He never dated anyone long enough to learn her last name and he never had any "bros." He was sexy as fuck, making most guys turn into haters who didn't trust him alone with their girls. At the end of the day, he had his work and Kate.

If he was being honest with himself, Jared had become a friend too. It sort of sucked for Declan because it would make it so much easier if he hated the guy. But Jared was a legitimately nice standup cop. He even let Declan off the hook for kissing Kate when she was dating Jared. There was also the time Jared and Declan had gone out one night to watch the playoffs. There were two blond sisters at the bar eyeing them both up and Declan tried to push Jared on the one. Jared had turned her down gently, paid his tab and left. Declan felt bad about it later, but he swore it was only for Kate's benefit. Declan had only been testing if Jared was faithful to her. Luckily, Jared never mentioned it and since Kate hadn't reamed Declan out, Jared mustn't have told her.