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"I don’t care" His gaze flicked to Blake, and, dear God, the look on his face should’ve sent Blake running But he shook out his broad shoulders and stepped back, turning those diamond eyes on me I shrank back "He’ll talk And then I’ll decide whether or not he gets to see tomorrow"

Well, that was the best we could hope for at this point I glanced back at Blake, who rolled his eyes Boy had a death wish "Can you, um, fix them?" I waved at Flannel Shirt Guy

"Sure" He flicked his wrist

"Police," Flannel Shirt Guy finished

I turned to the guy "Everything’s fine Thank you" Spinning around, I pushed et along in such an enclosed space?"

Without responding, Daeer seat I let out a ragged breath and headed for the driver’s side

"Is he always so damn touchy?" Blake asked

I shot hi at Daemon, I turned the heat on and then twisted around inout the , his jaorked "The saht "And what do you think I a He was like a grenade that had its tab pulled We all were just waiting for him to explode

"I didn’t know at first" Blake sat back "There was so about you that drew me to you, but I didn’t understand what it was"

"Proceed with caution when it corowled

I squir the obsidian in my hand "What do you ht ahead "The first time I saw you, I knew you were different Then when you stopped the branch and I saw your necklace, I knew Only those who know to fear the shadoear obsidian" Seconds ticked by in silence "Then our date…yeah, that glass and plate didn’t just fall into er seat "Good times"

Unease tripled my heart rate "How much do you know?"

"There are two alien races on Earth: the Luxen and the Arum" He paused as Daemon twisted in his seat Blake sed "You’re capable of ht I’m sure you can do more And you can also heal humans"

The inside of the car was too sh air If Blake knew the truth about the Luxen, wouldn’t that mean the DOD did? I dropped the necklace and clenched the steering wheel,

"How do you know this?" Daely even

There was a pause "When I was thirteen, I was leaving soccer practice with a friend of mine--Chris Johnson He was a norot sick, and I never saw his parents at any ga around and stepped off the curb, right in front of a speeding cab Chris healed me Turns out he was an alien" Blake’s lips twisted into a wry grin "I thought it was pretty cool My best friend was an alien Who gets to say that? What I didn’t know and what he never told me was that he lit my ass up Five days later, four men entered my house

"They wanted to knohere they were," he continued, hands clenching into fists "I didn’t knohat they ht in front of me And when I still couldn’t help them, they beat me within an inch of my life"

"Oh my God," I whispered, horrified Dae

"Not sure he really exists," Blake said, letting out a dry laugh "Anyway, it took ure out that when you’re healed, you take on their abilities Shit just started flying everywhere after I was sent to live with ed me, I researched as ain"

Acid churned in my stomach "What do you mean?"

"The Arum in the diner, she couldn’t sense me because of the beta quartz--yeah, I know about that, too But if ere outside of the quartz range, we are just like your…friend to them We’re actually tastier"

Well, that confir wheel I had no idea what to say It was like having the carpet pulled out fro on the floor

Blake sighed "When I realized howphysically and working on h…others I survived the best I could"

"This is all great, the caring and sharing crap, but how did you end up here of all places?"

He looked at Daemon "When I learned about the beta quartz, I moved here with my uncle"

"Awful convenient," Daemon murmured