Heck, a wacky gypsy woman had even approached my mom in the grocery store once when I was six and had tried to buy me off her for the future potential the woman had glimpsed in me. A few random strangers had picked up on something different about me and had made comments over the years. My grandmother, of course, along with her close group of seer friends, had known. Kai wasn’t the first to call me out on my fledgling supernormal awareness. My cheeks flooded with heat at his sharp-and most unexpected-words. Otherwise, your abilities will prove worthless to you in life.” Always trust your own instincts and your own analysis. Much like the living, spirits see what they want to see, fear what they want to fear. Kai spared an exasperated glare at the ceiling before returning his gaze to me and lecturing, “Lauren, there are limits to what spirits can know. The mocking smirk slipped from my lips when the light above us began flickering like crazy again-as if Casper was trying to tell me something. Wait, let me guess: you’re here on a high-stakes espionage mission that somehow involves taking turns playing mind games with an unsuspecting college student.” “Next you’re gonna tell me that you and Michael are rival international spies, I’ll bet. What did that mean? A nervous, scornful chuckle escaped me. But I believe you understand more than most that life is greater than what we often see on the surface.”

“I don’t see what that has to do with me.” He hesitated before saying, “Michael works for someone I know. “There a particular reason you want me to stay away from Michael? Something you know about him you’d care to share?” Plus, I wanted to see how far I could push his jealousy buttons. I should’ve just said goodbye to him and entered my suite then, but I didn’t want my time with Kai to be over-forever. The confirmation sent an unwanted thrill through me.

His hand clenched into a fist at his side. “I know,” he acceded after a pause, his jaw tightening. We share a class.” Why was I on the defensive explaining myself? “With all due respect, it’s none of your business who I spend my time with.” Of all the everloving-“You mean Michael?” “I want you to stay away from the man you walked home with this afternoon.” I fiddled with the strap of my bag, readjusting it on my shoulder. He suddenly looked nervous, which made me nervous. When word spreads that the first new seer in a decade has been found, powerful forces will hunt her.Īnd a repressed sadist werelock will abandon his century-long vow of celibacy to claim her as his own. Ten years ago, seers across the globe were wiped out, thrusting the supernatural world into figurative darkness.

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