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This is not real, this is not real, this is NOT REAL--

Clancy o, or I must have found a way to twist away, because just as quickly as the fire ca in three shaky exhales

"You can’t block me," he said, his eyes wide "Do you even kno to use your abilities? The file the League had on you made it sound like you could control it"

Wasn’t it obvious? I shook my head That’s why I’aze flicked down over ain When he spoke, his voice was soft Syled with this, too? How lonely it is to not be able to touch so it is to be trapped in so the way out? Ruby, everything I’ve learned I had to teach myself, and it ful I want to save you fros, tricks--how to use your talents the way they’re meant to be used"

I hoped he couldn’t see the wayOh my God, he had offered--I hadn’t even had to ask--and I still couldn’t say a da

Clancy’s posture relaxed, and when he touchedmy braid back over my shoulder, there was no ill will behind it "Think about it, okay? If you decide you want to, just come to the office I’ll cleardown hard onto kno to use your abilities," Clancy added "That’s the only e’re ever going to beat them"

Beat who?

"There are so few of us left," he said "Until you showed up in the systeht I was the only one"

"Well, there’s at least one more His naue," he finished "I know I accessed their report on hies"

I snorted

"I’ll think about it," I said, finally I was pinned under his dark gaze again; the hair onon end, like a whisper of electricity had run over it I took an unknowing step closer to hi to head back inside the Office A cluster of kids called out to hi up lunch near the fire pit and, ever the president’s son, he sut

So as it at odds with my head?

I made a beeline for the wood dock I had discovered the afternoon before, needing to find soh led with the possibilities

Clancy Gray had just offeredwhat had happened to my parents and Sam A way to be with Liam, to find Grams, to not live in constant fear of what I could do to the out, then?

I ducked under the rope tying off the path to the lake andwas amiss

"Crap," I said when I saw hirin dropped off his face and he stopped throwing bread crusts out to the ducks gathered in the water "This is my secret hideout No Rubys allowed"

"I found it first!" I huffed, plopping down next to hio, while you were unpacking"

He balked at that "Well…fine But I got here first today"

"Aren’t you supposed to be on Garden duty?"

"Got tired of hearing so thee duty?"