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But this was better

Much better

The lykan took his female

Well, before Marcus killed her, he’d just have to kill her mate and make her watch while he did it

And there was no doubt in hisher out of the motel roo into his car and following their exit He had refreshed hi into their roo her clothes He would be able to tail them until their next stop

And then he’d make his move

7 - New Friends, Old Acquaintances

Caia was in awe The fact that soe hall were clearly uncomfortable with her presence didn’t even dispel how excited she was to be watching youngfro beside her, Caia’s apparent enthusiash, Caia?" Mordecai suest room door to Marion, a perkier Marion than Caia had ever encountered She was eager, Caia was beginning to realize, to show off her protégé Apparently Lucien had already gone with his escort to check out the Second Unit At first she had felt a little anxious about being separated froht up in the activities of the Center Their first stop had been to pick up their ‘tour guide’, Mordecai He was a stocky, bookish-looking ik in his late twenties, with kind eyes and an easy s Marion had not only picked hiik, but because he obviously didn’t care about the fact that Caia’s irl "Can I? Iher keenness as much as Marion "Well, we’ll keep it simple You haven’t seen much of the Center so the furthest we can allow you to travel is frouest suite"

Little butterflies awoke in her sto her breakfast back into action "Woant to, you know, but those guysand re- isn’t exactly popcorn?" Her wide eyes drank in the bright rooiks and faeries popped in and out of the roo she was about to atte with their instructors to gaze across the space at her She couldto one another

"She doesn’t look like much What is everyone afraid of?"

"I can’t believe they let her in here What if she’s a spy?"

"I heard she eviscerated her uncle without any reh"

"I think we should give her a chance If Marion says she’s trustworthy then she’s trustworthy"

Caia drew in a shuddering breath, her eyes finding solace in Marion’s gaze

"I don’t knohat you’re hearing with those ears of yours, but just block theently "Mordecai will talk you through this"

"But they’re all watching"

"Yes So? Just forget them And remember, it can take many, many attempts to pull off your first travel No one here," she sneered around the roo Caia, "Has ever done it first ti reassuringly "Let’s give it a go"

He nodded, brushing his thick locks off his forehead, pushing the fralasses further up his nose "Now, Marion has explained that you can differentiate with ease the two energies that ik Is that correct?"

"Yes"

"OK The tricky thing for you in a coround You see, for any other use of your y and expel it from whichever part of your body you want usually your hands But to travel you need to grab hold of that energy, and wrap it around your body’s syste, everywhere You’ll knohen you’ve done it, believe h, it takes a lot of concentration, and at first a lot of tih the process You have the added coy What we need you to do is wrap your ether"

Caia blinked, her heart suddenly picking up speed "What happens if they lanced briefly at a stoic Marion and then back to her "We don’t know We just don’t want to take that chance We need you to treat that energy as carefully as you would an artery, wrap around it, but don’t rupture it"

"You don’t have to do this, Caia," Marion assured quietly

She felt the stares of the trainees burning her cheeks and willed her heart to slon There was no way she was going to fail in front of these guys That was exactly what they wanted And if she was going toto need to prove herself to the Daylights first hand

"No I’rinned "Good Now close your eyes and do as I asked"

Quickly and easily, Caia grabbed a hold of the steely vapor that was her ed froe into a wolf Now the hard part So, she was to what wrap the energy around every …

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