Magea Rosa Rosa watched Jules panic over Ghia as she lost consciousness. Somewhere, the Magea found her voice back and reassured him that Ghia had, indeed, just fainted. As was to be expected after what she'd just been through. Still, he held her tightly, pushing her hair back from her face, not taking his eyes off her as if he feared she'd disappear any minute. "You didn't tell me your kind could come back from the dead, Rosa." There was a slight hint of accusation in his voice, as if he expected Rosa to tell him more than she had. Perhaps I should have. To him, she added: Normally, we don't. She scanned Ghia's body with her mind, and saw her suspicions confirmed. The girl's second heart had been started. She had not always known about Ghia's second heart. She'd discovered it during

