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wasn’t until you started throwing me into the void.” I hate admitting it, but there’s no point in denying it. It’s not like I’m confessing my deepest, darkest secret and Jacqueline can’t tell anyone so I won’t be embarrassed.
    “I promise I won’t do it so often. Just when I’m indecent. I’ve grown used to your company.”
    I stay quiet for a moment. “Don’t get too used to it.”
    Mr. Soto grabs Jacqueline’s small suitcase and her attention averts to him. For looking so old, he is fast-paced and doesn’t even lose his breath on our speed walk to a building with a daisy painted on it. Instead of marked with address numbers, each building has an image related to nature.
    “This is the guest unit. Each room has a private bathroom, but you’ll have to go to the communal dining hall to eat. We have a library in the main building, and if you take this path to the right, you’ll find the fields. That’s where the daily activities are held. If you like swimming, we have a pool on the north side of the property.” Mr. Soto points at a building with a full moon painted on it, but I’m guessing he’s envisioning something past it.
    Jacqueline spins, giving me a better view of the property. Only a few supers meander the premises, so I’m guessing they’re all in their rooms or something is going on we haven’t yet been invited to. This place is too big for only a handful of them.
    Jacqueline reaches out and touches Mr. Soto’s arm. “Thank you for bringing me here.”
    “Everyone deserves a safe place to call home,” he says. He holds the opaque glass door open. The lobby’s tan walls complement the brown couch, and an entertainment center with a TV takes up an entire wall. “You can pick any room you like. I’ll send someone to show you around the property and to the dining hall. Need anything else before I go?”
    She shakes her head. “No, this is great. See you tomorrow, Mr. Soto.”
    Jacqueline picks up her suitcase and strolls to the hallway. Without checking all the rooms out, she steps into the first room she sees and closes the door behind her. She brings her eyes from the floor to stare around the room. It’s boring and plain with a twin bed, vanity table, dresser, and an open door to an ivory tiled bathroom.
    She plops on the bed. “It’s so strange not being scared,” Jacqueline thinks.
    “What’s strange is that such a powerful super is scared of humans,” I say.
    Jacqueline doesn’t respond. It’s going to be a long night. Hopefully our welcoming committee comes soon. After a few long minutes, Jacqueline closes her eyes and I stare at the backs of her eyelids until she falls asleep. It’s the only time I feel somewhat normal.
    When Jacqueline dreams, I can immerse myself in her dream and almost feel whole again. It’s the only time I get some sort of peace from her while being entertained by her weird and troubled imagination.
    I sometimes shut down when Jacqueline sleeps, but I’m too amped up from the trip. Now is the time I can have a moment to myself and at least be back in my body, even if it’s just for a few hours and only a figment of Jacqueline’s dream.
    I’ll take what I can get.
     
     
    NADIA
     
    We waited in the kitchen of the club for over thirty minutes before we could safely leave, and then Alyssa had to speed the entire way back to the compound.
    She skids to a stop in the clearing and jumps out of the car before I have a chance to unbuckle my seatbelt. She starts positioning the car cover over her car and when she’s done, she grabs my hand and we run as fast as we can down the dirt path, stopping just before the clearing that leads to the back gate.
    Alyssa runs her fingers over a tree branch and pulls off the small talisman that allows us to enter the compound, then hands it to me. My fingers fumble as I try to tie it around my neck and I drop it. Alyssa swipes it off the dirt and puts it on for me and I open the gate and walk through before