VANESSA AND CAT CAUGHT up with Emma Jane after just a few minutes. Cat had used her aura vision to scope out the signature of a very sad and unusual aura in the park, sitting on the same bench Vanessa and Emma Jane had sat only an hour earlier, and Vanessa had followed her lead, running as though her life depended on it.
Now, she approached her carefully, as though she were a wounded animal. Vanessa worried that one false move would cause her to bolt. "Emma Jane?" She spoke softly, advancing toward her with one hand outstretched.
Emma Jane flinched when she touched her, but finally looked up. Vanessa's heart broke when she saw the wet trails across her high cheekbones.
"Oh, Emma Jane."
Vanessa dropped down onto her knees, taking Emma Jane's hands into her own and looked up into the sad
