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Chapter 105
Leesa looked at Rave for a moment to make certain he meant what he had just said. He nodded for her to go ahead.
“You can’t tell anyone,” Leesa said to Cali. “I mean it. Even my mom and Bradley don’t know what I’m about to tell you.”
Cali made a crossing motion with her finger in front of her heart. “I promise.” “Rave’s kinda different,” Leesa said.
Cali looked incredulous. “That’s it? That’s your big secret? Please, tell me something I don’t already know. He’s a Maston—of course he’s freakin’ different. They’re all pretty strange.” She looked at Rave and smiled sweetly. “No offense, Rave.”
Rave smiled back. “None taken.”
“No,” Leesa said. “Much more different than you can imagine. I think maybe you should sit down.”
Cali looked more confused than ever, but she plo
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The man in the doorway did not appear threatening, but the blue flames flickering from Rave’s fingertips told Leesa he thought differently. The stranger was tall and slender, dressed in a worn black jacket and plain khaki pants. He looked to Leesa like he was in his late forties or early fifties, but it was difficult to tell for sure. His tan face was only lightly lined, but his dark hair was speckled with more than a little gray and his neatly trimmed goatee showed even more of the salty color than his hair. His pale blue eyes were so light in color they looked almost gray as well.The man held his hands up in front of his chest in a gesture of peace.“Douse your fire, volkaane,” he said, making no move to enter. “I am no threat to any of you, I promise.”Leesa was dumbfounded. Rave’s hands were still hidden behind his back—how had the guy known Rave was a volkaane? And how many people even knew about volkaanes in the f
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The question took Leesa by complete surprise. How had he known about that?“I think so,” she said after a moment. “But I’m not really sure.”Dominic smiled. She saw warmth in his pale eyes.“I am not surprised by that,” he said. “I imagine you have experienced more than a few things in these last months that you have not been able to fully understand.”Again, his words surprised Leesa. Did he know about her dreams, and about her apparent ability to move things with her thoughts? How was that possible?“Yeah, a couple,” she admitted. She was not ready to reveal anything specific yet.“May I ask what you moved this afternoon?” Dominic asked. “You used quite a bit of power. Much more than I thought you would be able to control at this point.”So much for keeping her ability to move things secret, Leesa thought. She decided she might as well tell him
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