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Darien said, “Your father had this precise pattern In the same location on his neck as yours”

Tension skittered through her as an oaze

“So?” she tentatively asked

Picking up the documentation, he told her, “You share a common trait with him”

“Sure” Her voice was still full of hesitancy as she tried to ascertain the direction in which this conversation was going “I already told you—and you’ve witnessed—that I have psychokinetic powers and can rapidly self-heal So could he”

Sitting up, Darien said, “Have you ever read Greek y?”

His question confused her—what did it have to do with genetic traits?

Regardless, she said, “A little, yes”

“Soy were deods For example, Hercules and Achilles The immortal ruler, Zeus, was their father, but their mothers were th and skills, but they could still die”

His brows drew together “Well, in soranted Hercules immortality at the end, but he did suffer a , these deifted to them by their father, but they didn’t have immortality on their side”

She eyed hiod from Mt Olympus?”

“No” He chuckled “But haven’t you ever wondered how your father ended up with the gifts you inherited?”

“Of co

urse But he didn’t talk about it, especially because it seemed to be a sore subject with my mother”

“That was because she wasn’t like the two of you”