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around her felt better. "I'm glad I have
you."
    "I'm glad to have you too. What's with the
sudden buttering up?"
    "I never ever want you to die."
    Debbie laughed. "I hope not."
    "I love you, Debbie." Raea planted a big
kiss on her aunt's cheek and laid her head on her shoulder. See
what she thought of that.
    "You're in a good mood suddenly."
    "Yup." She didn't want to think of her
parents, not with Pallin to look forward to seeing.
    "Must be feeling better."
    "Mm. Hmm."
    "Something happen today?" The suspicious
voice.
    Uh, oh. Raea had gone too far. But part of
her wanted to tell Debbie. The excitement ate through her desire to
keep it secret. She couldn't stop herself. "We have this new guy at
school. He's totally hot and is into me . Me . For once
in my life, a guy likes me." Her, the "freak" of McClarron with the
strange hands. Most of her classmates had grown up, but the
underclassmen always whispered.
    "Well...That explains this giddiness. No
wonder you can't sit still."
    "Nope." Raea hugged her aunt's arm and
snuggled close. Debbie had to be on her side. She just had to.
Debbie usually played devil's advocate and tried to scare her from
decisions that thrilled her. This time had to be different.
    "New kid at school, huh? So..."
    "So..." Raea's tongue loosened. She went
into all the details about Pallin, and when she finished, Debbie
focused on the TV.
    Not good. That somber mood meant devil's
advocate. "Just don't lose your head over this guy. He may move on
to someone else when he leaves."
    That was the last thing Raea wanted to hear.
Her enthusiasm shriveled like a deflated balloon.
    "Or he could be planning to use you."
    Oh, no. Here it came—the lecture. Why did
Debbie always have to see the negative? Why couldn't she be happy
about Raea's life, just once?
    "Just be careful."
    That was it? Yes! "I will. But if
Pallin calls, please don't let Dave talk to him?"
    Debbie smiled. "I'll be sure to hand the
phone to him immediately."
    "Debbie."
    Of course, her aunt wouldn't. The wink she
gave and the kiss on Raea's forehead confirmed that she was
teasing.
    "He'll never know."
    "Thanks, Debbie." Raea stayed up until she
dozed off next to her aunt, who nudged her and told her to go to
bed.
    Raea yawned and said, "Good night." The
stairs must have grown, or the house had. Her bedroom had moved too
far away, along with the soft bed inside it.
    She finally arrived and crashed not long
after her head hit the pillow. One last thought passed through her
mind— was Pallin too good to be true?

 
    Angel Wings
     
    Black-clad figures approached from a
distance. They cast a dark shadow that sent others fleeing.
    Padina stood on a balcony looking out over a
bustling city brushed by the sun, her open-front skirt flapping
around her light blue leggings. Entire structures floated at
different levels, rounded towers dozens of floors high unattached
to anything else. Hundreds of angels flew through the skies.
    But the black-clad group stood out in their
threat.
    ["Jerantis!"] The scene blurred and finally
stopped, looking into a simple apartment.
    The man came running from inside and gazed
beyond the scene. ["Larantan forces should have stopped them,
unless..."] He gasped. ["Go!"]
    They dropped from the balcony and spread
their wings. A crash sounded from behind.
    Black-clad figures rushed from the apartment
balcony they vacated moments ago.
    ["Fly! Don't look back."]
    They soared over the city and beyond the
outer towers. Ocean stretched below. An island floated serenely in
the distance among the clouds.
    ["Where are we going?"] Padina shouted.
    ["The safest place we can. Open a
portal."]
    The dreaded black clad figures closed in
fast.
    Padina spread her brown and white speckled
wings and called forth a power that set the marks on her hands
aglow. In the sky above, lightening crackled and snapped around a
growing ball of light.
    She slowed her flight, her eyes fixed on the
ball, which darkened into a black nothingness not far from her