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cards. “So, in your past you have the Death card. I know it seems freaky, but that’s actually a good position for that card. It means you’ve gone through a wrenching change that involved loss and a helpless inability to do anything about it. Probably your move to Spencer, or maybe your mom staying behind.”
    â€œDoes it mention which box my alarm clock is in? Because I’ve been looking for it.” I had to joke, because the whole thing with my mom and the move was just a bit too fresh for me to face.
    â€œCome on, be serious.” She shoved me playfully before tapping the card in the center. As she moved, I was reminded of her fingers scratching her thigh and had to bite the inside of my cheek just so I could focus on the task at hand. “In your present, you have the Devil.”
    I resisted the urge to ask her how much she knew about goat sacrifices.
    â€œIt’s basically your wake-up call. You’re hooked into something and may not even realize it. It could be the mindset of being a victim, or something like that. Your thought processes and actions are currently holding you back. The Devil card here says that a terrible connection in your life right now is chaining you down from being who you truly are.”
    Who I truly am. Not a gamer. Not a book nerd. Not a history geek. Did this mean the devil was going to help me find out who I was? Looking at the cards and their weird cartoonish drawings, I doubted it.
    â€œWhat’s that? People are . . .” I pointed to the last card. It featured a building on fire. People were diving from the windows in a mad panic, screaming on their way down. Was that my future? I looked at Cara, hoping she’d shrug it off and tell me it was nothing. After all, she’d just said that things aren’t always as they seem. “They don’t look happy.”
    Neither did Cara. She bit her bottom lip and worrycreased her forehead. “This card is the Tower. The Tower card represents sudden change. To be honest, it’s not the best card in the world to have in the future position. Having it here means that the decimation of some structure in your world will take place. It’s also a pretty immediate thing. Whatever destruction is headed your way is headed your way now. Not in a year or two.”
    I stared at the card a moment longer before sighing. “Thanks. That’s just great. I feel better about my life already.”
    â€œNo problem.” She ran her fingers lightly over the cards, keeping her eyes off me the entire time. I wondered why, but didn’t want to ask. Mostly because she just might answer me.
    Suddenly, someone behind me spoke. His voice was practically dripping with sarcasm. “Tell me that the Lovers didn’t come up.”
    The look on Cara’s face went from concerned to surprised to annoyed in about two heartbeats. She waved a hand at whoever was standing behind me and said, “Stephen, this is my twin brother, Devon.”
    As I turned to look at Cara’s twin, I said a simple “Hey.”
    But the word fell flat. My heart beat solidly inside my chest. Because the boy I was looking at was the guy who’d been staring at my house less than an hour before.

chapter 3
    Devon’s sheared-short hair was so blond that it appeared white, in total contrast to his twin sister’s. Like Cara, his eyes were dark, but that’s where the similarities ended. His jawline was angular and smooth. It was amazing to me that these two could be twins—they were so different. But then, they were the first set of twins I’d ever met in person. Maybe twins being different from each other was more common than I realized.
    Devon was dressed in black jeans, a gray T-shirt, and a thin, dark-gray hoodie with adornments that gave it a military look. That was fitting, because something about the wayhe stood, the way he carried himself, and the way he spoke made him seem commanding. I had