ELISE WAS GRATEFUL to have a break from answering any questions her son might ask right now. Her head felt dizzy and her mind battled against all of this. It simply couldn’t be true. Her son, a healer? The thought made her sick to her stomach. Her son on medication, under observation, in a mental institution or research laboratory? That thought made her even sicker.
She watched the hall long after Matt had gone into his room. Without so much as a glance at the man beside her she went and crumbled onto the sofa.
“When will you be ready to leave?” Noel stood directly in front of her.
“Excuse me?” She blinked several times.
“You wish for answers to your son’s powers. He must learn to control them or there could be consequences.” The tone in his voice hinted at the horrible things Matt and
