Cole's POV
After the plane crash, what? Seraphina sure is acting strange, maybe a little more strange than usual, but as an idea dawns on me, I understand.
"Oh, I get it." I sit beside her, and this time I do take her hand. As a friend. "You are wondering why you survived. You think it is unusual that you are the only one who did and that you do not even have a scratch."
Her eyes meet mine. "That is it."
"And you feel guilty about it. That is why you are getting these weird ideas about being an alien and all." I touch her cheek. "But you should not feel guilty about surviving or living. No one should. Seraphina, there is a reason you survived."
She looks away. "That is what I thought. That is what scares me."
"Why?"
"Because I do not know the reason!" she snaps at me.
I stare at he
