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large glossy bags full of rustling tissue paper. Usually, she’d be pulling out the prizes and showing off, but she knows when it’s business time.
    When she’s seated, Adrian nods solemnly. He’s tells them my tale.
     
    “So just to clarify, Alice’s school girl crush now has a virtually damned Being and his friend, the school bully, now has a totally damned Being ?” Annabel asks incredulous.
    “It’s not uncommon to come across old acquaintances whose circumstances have changed.” Adrian replies. “In fact, sadly, it’s all too common.”
    “But what can we do about it?” I ask.
    Adrian smiles, “A lot, or very little. For Adam, there is no going back. Once a Being is damned it can’t be undone. For him to have changed, he must have done something very serious.”
    “Like kill someone?”
    “Yes.” Adrian nods, “That would definitely be enough to change someone’s path for the worst.”
    “But what about Jason?” Poppy asks. She sounds as lost as I feel.
    “It shouldn’t be too late for him. But that will depend on a number of factors. First, is it him that has given up doing the right thing or is he being influenced? Both boys have changed. Adam’s Being is now damned where it was once a dark grey. And Jason’s is now dark grey where it was once almost pure. Perhaps both boys have been influenced?”
    “I thought that it may have been Adam that altered Jason.” I say quietly.
    “A reasonable theory. But there is another option.” Adrian pauses, as though for effect, “There could be a dark one at play here.”
    “A Dark One, a destroyer of reason and logic?” Stefan teases, quoting one of his favourite Robert Jordan books.
    Adrian continues, not to be interrupted with his train of thought just yet. “There are also people with your abilities but with damned Beings . They promote evil. The same way that we can pour light into others to see the good in our kind, they pour in darkness.” He stands and stares out over the city. “For generations we have promoted and assisted those with pure Beings. Which individuals the bankers should place their money in, which teachers should school our children.” He shrugs. It’s such a small movement that it’s almost invisible. “They do the same. They show those with most promise where they can make their fortunes –through street crime, violence, theft. They are building their numbers as we try to eradicate them.”
    “So what’s the opposite of ‘Gifted’?” Robbie asks.
    “A loan?” I try
    “Or to take?” Annabel questions.
    “I like that one better. Let’s call them ‘Takers’ Adrian .” Poppy adds.
    “What if it’s too late to save this Jason? What if there is a ‘Taker’ out there and they realise his potential for something evil?”
    “It’s not too late for him.” I say the words quickly, maybe too dramatically. They all look at me as I’m standing defiantly. I don’t remember standing.
    Adrian frowns.
    “I understand you’re interest in this boy, Alice.” He says.
    The room falls silent, but all eyes are on Adrian now. I sit back down again. Poppy slides her hand over mine and gives it a little squeeze. I love this girl.
    “I have taught you all I can about destroying them, how to cover your tracks; how to make it look like an accident or a suicide; how to even distance yourselves from the kill. But there is one more lesson for you to learn.”
    “I’m not learning the Tango.” Stefan smiles brightly. We all laugh. It’s broken the tension.
    Adrian smiles, “No. You don’t have to learn the Tango. But you do need to learn how to selectively hunt. There are times when we need to use those with damned Beings to draw out the people mentoring them, to get to the ‘Takers’. There are times we need to keep damned Beings alive.
    “When you encounter the damned, they are unaware of you. We have the advantage of surprise. You will sense a ‘Taker’ by a feeling of being drained, weakness. The first time