198318344X by Jo Ho

Author:Jo Ho [Ho, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

L ight danced prettily across the blue water.

The reservoir wasn’t popular amongst students and was considered the least exciting area of water in Boston. There were much prettier parks too for dog walkers, which is why Eve figured it would be safe for them to practice their powers here.

Staring at her reflection in her compact mirror, Cassie focused on her face, willing it to change. Eve sat cross-legged on the grass, hands touching the blades closest to her. Her black-ringed eyes were closed as she chanted something wordlessly. Marley knelt before a log, trying to push her hands through it, though it seemed nothing more than an exercise in futility. Sighing, she threw up her hands in frustration. “I’ve been trying this for an hour now, it’s not working!”

Eve opened one of her eyes, giving her a look, the kind of look a mother gives a child having a silly tantrum. “It’s been ten minutes, drama queen.” She was interrupted from her next words by Tyler’s arrival. Her eyes were wild, hair disheveled. Any irritation she felt at her lateness was immediately replaced with concern as it was impossible to miss the alarm she exuded.

“Are you OK?” Marley asked.

“No,” Tyler said, unable to hide the panic from her voice. “I accidentally heated up the chemicals in the lab and caused them to explode.”

The girls gasped as one. “Did you get hurt?” Eve asked.

“Glass and chemicals went everywhere, but my cardigan got the worst of it.”

“At least you weren’t injured,” Marley said, relieved.

“Apparently I’m the girl who changes or affects molecules. Like the rain that turned to glass last night? I made the solutions heat up until the bottles they were inside exploded.”

“At least one of you is paying attention — finally,” Christian said, having appeared behind them.

“Is that right?” Marley asked him. “Is that Tyler’s power?”

Christian shrugged. “Possibly.”

“I don’t want any powers!” Tyler blurted out suddenly. “I just need to get some money and get through school. Ally needs me! I can’t have all this weirdness mess things up for me. Look what happened today, I could have killed someone!” Tyler said without thinking. Seeing Marley visibly flinch, she was immediately apologetic. “I didn’t mean… What I meant to say was…” she began only for Marley to cut her off with a wave of her hand.

“It’s the truth. You don’t have to apologize every time you bring it up.”

“This is why I’ve been telling you that you need to focus,” Christian said. “With great power comes great responsibility. You must learn to hone your powers to fight Michael and any like him.”

“What if I don’t want to?” Eve said suddenly.

“You don’t get a choice,” Christian snapped as Marley repeated him, word for word. She even repeated his tone so the others could fully appreciate what she had to put up with, with him in her head all the time.

“Of course I do! Nobody makes me do anything I don’t want to, not anymore!” she yelled back at him. Even though she couldn’t hear him, she knew he could hear her.

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