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himself back in his own room with Ellie calling from the
other side of his bedroom door. As the feel of the dream receded and reality
came crashing back, so did Griffin’s earlier bitterness. He flopped back on the
bed with a huff and flung his arm over his eyes.
    “What the hell was I thinking!?”

Chapter
6
     
    Griffin stood
beside a tree and gritted his teeth. Across the campus quad, Selene was headed
toward a bench, clearly planning on taking advantage of the lovely weather. It’d
been over a month since she’d visited him in the dream. He hadn’t let her in
again, even though she’d tried twice more. Other than that, she’d stayed true
to her word and hadn’t contacted any of them.
    Griffin hadn’t
left it at that. His hostility toward Selene refused to go away. She’d managed
to block his mind reading, so he had to use other methods to keep tabs on her.
He’d hacked into the school computer system and pulled her class schedule. He’d
then made sure to align his classes so that he could stay close by and keep an
eye on her without being too obvious.
    After the first
day of school, he’d shifted into the falcon form he sometimes borrowed from
Ellie. The twins had a link that allowed them to access each other’s powers.
One of Ellie’s was the ability to morph into several different animals. The
only one he’d ever been able to master was the falcon.
     He’d followed
Selene to see where she lived and found she’d rented a small apartment in Estes
Park. That alone worried him. Why hadn’t she just rented a place in Fort
Collins, closer to the school?But no, she’d decided to remain close to
his family. Too close .
    A small part of
him felt guilty for stalking her, invading her privacy like this. But a bigger
part felt that Selene was not to be trusted, despite what his overly-optimistic
twin insisted.
    Griffin had perched
himself in a tree outside her apartment. Selene had quite thoughtfully left the
blinds open, so he had a perfect view of the apparition of the man who’d
appeared in her living room. Life-sized and ghost-like in a weirdly transparent
way… but definitely there. And Selene had talked to him.
    He couldn’t hear
her telepathically. Ellie had told him that Selene had the ability to actually block others’ powers that were being used directly against her—not just turn them
off. He could hear other people’s thoughts in the area, so he knew she was
blocking him specifically. She was using her power against him, and that was
just another cause for concern.
    Despite the
advantage of his falcon’s hearing, with the door closed to her balcony, he
hadn’t been able to listen to the conversation. But what was evident, at least
to Griffin, was that Selene wasn’t as alone as she’d led Ellie to believe. She
continued to hide things from them. Deceit remained at the heart of who she
was. Griffin was sure of it.
     
    *****
     
    Selene settled
herself on the bench and pulled her history book and a highlighter out of her
backpack. She tipped her head back, closed her eyes, and enjoyed the sensation
of the warm sun on her face and the light breeze ruffling her hair. She’d lived
much further north most of her life, and beautiful weather like this was a rare
treat for her. She intended to make the most of it, studying outside as much as
possible when she wasn’t in class.
    She opened her
eyes and blankly stared at her book, not seeing the pages, her mind miles away.
Oren had visited her last night, using his astral-projection to appear in his
specter-like form. Selene ran through their brief conversation for what must’ve
been the hundredth time that day.
    She’d been in
her bedroom studying when she heard the familiar “My Lady” coming from the
living room. She finished washing her face and then went to find him. Selene
hadn’t been too surprised to see Oren standing there. Of all the Vyusher, she
was closest to him. He’d guided her through her childhood the best he could,
despite