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"I just think it would be safer if you stayed here Take the day to rest and reflect I’ll let you knoe learn anything"

"Rest and reflect?" I repeated, dumbfounded

"Exactly Have a lovely day" Without another word she was gone, out the front door I watched through the kitchenas she walked down the driveway and disappeared around the corner

Rest and reflect? Seriously?

Needless to say, there was very little resting Lots of reflecting, though, as I thought and overthought everything over the next couple of hours

Even without being around anyone to triggeronpart of Colin’s soul last night had barely satisfied me for a couple hours

It scared me--especially with too much time to think and nobody around to distract h the newspaper only to see another article about two more mysterious deaths in the city Police were stumped There was no cause of death that could be detern of murder or disease It was as if the victi The only clue that the deaths were connected was the strange black lines around theirthe article and flipped to another about three teens who’d coo to nize the nah me

There was no good news in Trinity to be found today, it would seem It wasn’t just me as in trouble in this city Everybody--even those not touched by the supernatural--was at risk

Studying was rades It should be able to help et the answers I needed to help ht noent on the internet and searched for els and de helpful At all

After a full half hour of staring at the screen, a scream of frustration rose in my throat, but I forced it back down and tried to think rationally WhoI had no control over I needed to refocus oal of finding Stephen and retrieving my soul I’d deal hat itI could to fix er and have the chance to be close to Bishop (or anyone else, for that rabbed the landline to call Stephen’s house, which was only two doors down from my own My cell phone had taken up perhtstand drawer Grays had a weird supernatural vibe that nal and made phones like that completely useless to me

His mother picked up I shakily asked if she’d heard froht be She had no inforain, she said she was sorry This wasn’t the first call I’d made to the Keyes residence in the last week I’ht I was obsessed with her son I was But not for the reason she oodbye I stood in the center ofutterly helpless and alone

I hated feeling that I had no control over my life anymore

Cassandra told me to stay home and let the "professionals" handle this Well, I’d decided I wholeheartedly disagreed I would go to the church and get rill Bishop about his mysterious past

Just as I’d pulledI al drove me to pick it up