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at me when he finds out what happened,” Kimber somberly stated.
    “I think someone slipped all of you some drugs because you're all trippin'! What the fuck is going on?! How did I just do that?!” I angrily questioned.
    “Calm down, Brie. Getting upset isn't going to help the situation. Take a deep breath,” Kimber instructed.
    “I don't need to calm down, I need fucking answers! Like now! What the fuck is going on?!”
    “I'd like to know the same thing. I think we have our own things to talk about,” Jace said, his eyes locking on mine when I looked at him. They were no longer burning orange, but they were back to that beautiful mahogany brown.
    I blushed at the intensity of his gaze. “All I know is that I need some answers. For one, who are these guys?” I asked, pointing in the direction of the men on the asphalt.
    “Don't worry, I'll take care of them,” he said. He then proceeded to grab Kyle, who immediately started screaming in pain. Smoke was billowing up from where Jace's hands, which were glowing, touched him. He yelled, “If you ever come near Brielle or her family again, I WILL KILL YOU! That goes for you two, as well. Got it?!”
    “Yes, yes! Please let me go!” Kyle begged as he struggled to free himself of Jace's grasp.
    Jace shoved him to the ground next to Luke and Ryan. They immediately stood and helped Kyle get up before turning and starting to run down the alley. They didn't get far before Jace raised his hand, palm outward, and a fireball shot out of it. The fiery sphere hit Luke in the legs, causing him to fall and bring Ryan and Kyle down with him. The fire spread, covering all three of them, who writhed in agony on the alley floor. I stared in horror as Jace, whose eyes were fading from orange back to their normal earthy color, turned to Kimber, and said, “Go ahead and put them out, will you? I think they got the message.”
    Kimber nodded. She looked at me, her eyes glowing turquoise again, then she turned and walked to where they were burning on the ground. She then raised her arms out over the men, palms downward, and water gushed out, drenching them and extinguishing the flames. “Next time, I won't put it out, so I would listen to what Jace told you. Stay away from my best friend,” she firmly stated as she walked back towards Jace and I. The trio slowly stood up and hobbled the rest of the way down the alley, disappearing from sight as they turned left around a corner.
    Jace closed the distance between us, causing my heart to start beating erratically. He had just set those guys on fire, and it didn't seem like he felt any remorse, which frightened me. It just seemed so cruel to me that he did that to them, even though he was protecting me. My emotions were all jumbled and frenetic. I was scared of what Jace had just done, yet I was excited that he was real, not just a dream that my subconscious had conjured up. Above all else, I was extremely mystified by the events that just took place. I had no idea what was going on, and that caused some panic to rise in me. My best friend just made water stream from her hands! I thought I knew everything about Kimber; we had been inseparable since preschool, and here she was, manipulating elements. Apparently I could too, and I didn't even know how I did it. To top it off, my dream guy was standing not five feet from me, real, in the flesh. The pull to him was unbelievable—I just wanted to throw myself in his arms and hide from this new world I had been thrust into, even though we just met. It was all bewildering to me, almost too much to comprehend, and my thoughts were all over the place. I looked at Jace as my defenses took over and I accusingly asked, “How could you do that to them? You set them on fire!”
    “They deserved it, Brielle—they were trying to hurt you and do God knows what to you!” he countered, his toned jaw flexing.
    “What you did doesn't bother you? You could have killed them!” I yelled.
    “I would have