Her eyes tried to draw him in, each burning with the heat of a thousand suns as she held his gaze without flinching. Finally, she nodded. “All right,” she said. “I'd be lying if I said I wasn't itching for a chance to use my abilities. I'll do it.”
“Thank you.”
“Oh, don't thank me; I have a feeling we're both going to regret this.”
Clack, clack, clack!
“Again!”
The field behind the Denabrian Keeper office was fenced in on all sides and dotted with a few elm trees with leaves that fluttered in the afternoon breeze. The air was warm and sweet, filled with the promise of an approaching summer.
Not far away, the cylindrical skyscraper loomed over them with windows on each of its fifteen stories, windows that reflected the bright blue sky. When she looked up, she saw a shuttle – a sleek l
