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Did Cindy Take It

Author: RaShelle Workman
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When I came to, I felt different. Stronger. More relaxed with what I was - a revenant and nothing more.

Sure, my dad left as had Cindy, and I'd pushed away from the people most important to me, namely my seven best friends and their adoptive father, Professor Pops.

But whatever. I could handle the situation. I just wanted to feel like myself again. A normal teenager.

Certainly not some deliverer for the supernatural.

The gem wasn't created for me by one of the original vampires because she knew she would be killed.

That was impossible.

I refused to believe that in a sea of billions, the gem was meant for me.

"No way!"

It was morning, and I was determined to go about my life as though I were just another teenager. I got ready and studied myself in my mirror.

"Normal."

The only thing left to do was return the Seal of Gabriel to Professor Pops.

He could deal with it.

Reaching behind my lavender dresser, I searched for it but couldn't find it. So, I pulled the furniture away from
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