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watched as the two killer bodyguards stepped out of the Rover and walked towards us in the falling snow. Their presence seemed almost surreal – my whole life did.
    I was the owner of a magnificent Sea Captain home on Cape Cod, built by my 4 th great grandparents, including Elizabeth who was one of the fiercest rebel fighters the Lunaterra and Mortis had ever known. I had inherited her dangerous talent, plus that of her guard and lover, Christian Raines. Supposedly I was a hybrid – a mix of two warring enemies, thanks to their forbidden affair.
    Unfortunately, all I really wanted to be was a Barnstable High School senior and not look like an idiot in my school picture. Instead I was a rare, zillion-watt light bulb. I bet if I shook my family tree hard enough, Big Foot, Nessy, and even the Sea Witch would come tumbling out and squash me.
    I got up close and personal with the Lunaterra side of me when I went all “mega-bomb” inside the Breakers. The Mortis part, however, didn’t seem to show itself. I had no desire to suck the soul out of anyone, and I wasn’t fast or strong . . . or immortal. At least I didn’t think I was immortal. I was 17, soon to be 18, and “immortal” was decades away.
    Raef and Kian were thankfully immune to my power, though they did have a few dings and dents after my epic light show. We had known they were unaffected by my power since they had witnessed Elizabeth’s death when she called on the limitless energy of the Core within the Web of Souls. Her lightning-like energy incinerated nut-job, Jacob Rysse, but didn’t kill Raef or Kian – a fact for which I was extremely grateful. Her death sparked the local town myth that claimed she was struck by lightning.
    Yeah – not quite.
    It was entirely possible that the healing ability of the Mortis part of me allowed me to survive the Core collapse of my power inside the Breakers. When Elizabeth had tried it in 1851, she had been killed. Christian said he had found her, lifeless, in the harbor square after she had eliminated Rysse. He said he took her body and buried her and sent her necklace back to the young woman named Katherine who had altered it for her.
    A necklace that unlocked Elizabeth’s diary, and was now in the hands of my most loathed classmate: Nikki Shea.
    I could kiss that sucker goodbye.
    I slammed the driver’s door shut and walked around the back towards Ana who was sliding out her side. Her walking boot was awkward, but soon would thankfully be retired. She wobbled slightly on the slick ground, but Kian was quickly next to her, one broad hand on her back.
    “I am not a total k lutz you know?” she protested, cursing the slushy driveway.
    Kian slid her a sly smile. “Yeah, well . . . knowing your luck, you will slip and break the other leg and then I will be giving you piggy back rides everywhere. Actually, I could get down with that arrangement.”
    Ana punched him in the arm, but then slipped. He grabbed her quickly and pinned her to his side. “Jeez woman! It wasn’t a dare!”
    “Will you just help me get inside already?” she sighed, gripping the front of his leather jacket tighter as she slowly made her way across the slick ground to the door. I followed, trying not to smile as she and Kian continued to argue about everything, including the size of the snowflakes.
    Raef stepped in next to me, his hands in his black coat pockets. “So Kian and I are going to head back to Torrent Road briefly, get changed and then we’ll be back.”
    I nodded, but a biting wind tore around the house and I tried to tuck my face down into my coat. Raef moved in front of me, shielding my face and body from the brutal gust. The treetops slashed back and forth violently in the gale, as if an invisible giant was pounding through the woods, but just as suddenly as it started, the wind died, and I was mere inches from Raef’s chest.
    He looked at me while he dusted the snow from my jacket hood. “I have a feeling we might lose power