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"Intriguing," Noah said, before I continued recounting everything that had happened I watched hi on my mirror, the near-accident, and the doll But after his initial reaction to the pictures, he now seemedimpassive

Carefully so

And by the ti the fact that ht

"Possessed withemotion?" he asked slowly

I narrowed my eyes at him "Possessed, possessed"

"And he believes this, why, exactly?" He turned todown ontoto h his hair When he stood up straight, I saw that he was shirtless

The architecture of hinet Noah was built with clean lines and strong ones; his jeans hung low, exposing fine hip bones that made me want to touch

I’d seen this much of hiht a rush of heat to ainst that to avoid a lockdown scenario?" He hung the towel on the knob of my bathroom door "May I borrow a shirt?"

It took a few seconds to collect myself before I could answer "I don’t thinkon his lean fraaze slid to my bedroom door "I would, but I don’t think it would be wise to leave your rooht," I said I left, came back, and tossed Noah one of Daniel’s shirts He stretched it over his head and his slender muscles moved beneath his skin and I was riveted

"So," he finally said, unfortunately clothed and leaning back against ?"

"Kind ofI said Horizons gave us a stupid assignment to fictionalize our probleonist"

"Oh, good," Noah said, nodding seriously "I was afraid you’d be obvious about it"

I rolledthe ability to kill people with my mind, less so"

Noah inclined his head "Fair point"

"Anyway," I went on, "his conclusion is that I’ to it, Noah"

He ran his fingers through his chaotic hair once again "Mara, you’re not possessed"

"But I’ time and I played with a Ouija board"

"I never played with a Ouija board," Noah said

"But I did And it predicted Rachel’s death"

It predicted I would kill her

Noah slid into oing to die six months before the asylum collapsed," I explained "And it spelled out my name I didn’t even think about it then"

"Dramatic irony"

I narrowed my eyes at him

"Mara," he said lazily "There are a million explanations for the scenario you just described"