arm. “Yes, I
figured since this was a school for the gifted that you were as
well. But what most aura-readers don’t know is that part-human,
part-angel auras have an additional quality. Right, Kai?” she said
to the nurse.
“Right,” he replied.
“He’s our aura-reader,”
she explained, her smile stretching further, “that’s his gift.”
I craned my neck around
her to look at him. He’s gifted
too?
“Most half-breeds, or what we
sometimes call ‘hybrids,’ have gifts,” she added. “Not all, but
most. Which might also explain why you have a gift.”
Hmm. I’d always thought it
was because of my father. “So does that
mean that everyone at the school has angel in them?”
“Oh, no, child…” she chuckled, patting
my arm, “most gifted’s bloodlines come from human genes, I’m
sure.”
“So mine could have come from either.
My mom is an angel, my dad a gifted.”
Her perfectly groomed eyebrows sprang
up in surprise. “Then, yes… I suppose being gifted was definitely
your fate. Do you have more than one gift?”
“I’m not sure,” I said
timidly, my eyes drawing down to my mug, “I know I have
telekinisis.” And possibly the gift of
prophecy. Well, seeing as how my dream guy
was real, I suppose I did have the gift of prophecy… it just hadn’t
fully registered yet.
Kai studied me again, but I noticed
this time as his eyes raked me over, that there was more warmth
inside them now. His demeanor from yesterday had shifted. He was
still all business, but friendlier. “Makes sense,” he said. “Both
the purity in her aura and the silver threads are
strong.”
“Silver threads?” I repeated, sliding
him a curious glance.
“Yes,” he replied. “Half-breeds have
silver threads woven throughout their auras. Yours does
too.”
My memory of us in the nurses’ station
flashed through my mind, how his eyes raked over and around me.
Uncomfortably so. He’d been reading my aura.
“Oh.”
It also dawned on me how everyone
already knew my name. I’d given it to him yesterday.
Duh.
With care, she popped open the top of
the vial and motioned for me to hand her my mug, and I complied.
“There’s also another quality half-breeds possess – our blood is
different.”
This was new. “Different?”
“Yes. This is the vial of your blood
Kai took yesterday. Watch this,” she said, tilting the vial over
the water. A drip rolled into it. I expected it to disperse into
wispy curls and dilute, but it didn’t. The drop sank to the bottom
in a perfect red bead.
What? “How…”
“This is what the blood of a
half-breed looks like,” she said proudly.
“The properties are different,” Kai
explained. “Your blood is more potent. Resilient.”
I’d never noticed. My entire life. How
did I never know my blood would do that when in contact with water?
But then again, I’d never tested it out. Why would I? At a loss for
words, I only nodded like a half-wit.
“I am a real nurse,” Kai added. “In
case you were wondering. I didn’t just pretend to know what I was
doing yesterday.”
If he hadn’t known what he was doing,
he could have fooled me. I’d never questioned it. I knew I had
other questions churning, but I couldn’t seem to summon them all.
One made its way forward. “So were there others’ blood you tested?
Are there more half-breeds here?”
He hesitated, looking to Iris, and
they exchanged a secret look.
What? Was my question
moronic? It seemed reasonable to me . If half-breeds had a tendency to
have gifts, there might be more here.
“No,” he finally answered, but I
noticed his words lacked conviction. “Not that I’ve found. Your
blood sample was the only one I was interested in. I haven’t seen
any other half-breed auras here.”
Another question formed. “So you
already knew about my aura before you took a sample?”
He and Iris exchanged another look,
and Iris nodded her consent. These two were a well-oiled machine.
“Yes,” he replied. We
figured since this was a school for the gifted that you were as
well. But what most aura-readers don’t know is that part-human,
part-angel auras have an additional quality. Right, Kai?” she said
to the nurse.
“Right,” he replied.
“He’s our aura-reader,”
she explained, her smile stretching further, “that’s his gift.”
I craned my neck around
her to look at him. He’s gifted
too?
“Most half-breeds, or what we
sometimes call ‘hybrids,’ have gifts,” she added. “Not all, but
most. Which might also explain why you have a gift.”
Hmm. I’d always thought it
was because of my father. “So does that
mean that everyone at the school has angel in them?”
“Oh, no, child…” she chuckled, patting
my arm, “most gifted’s bloodlines come from human genes, I’m
sure.”
“So mine could have come from either.
My mom is an angel, my dad a gifted.”
Her perfectly groomed eyebrows sprang
up in surprise. “Then, yes… I suppose being gifted was definitely
your fate. Do you have more than one gift?”
“I’m not sure,” I said
timidly, my eyes drawing down to my mug, “I know I have
telekinisis.” And possibly the gift of
prophecy. Well, seeing as how my dream guy
was real, I suppose I did have the gift of prophecy… it just hadn’t
fully registered yet.
Kai studied me again, but I noticed
this time as his eyes raked me over, that there was more warmth
inside them now. His demeanor from yesterday had shifted. He was
still all business, but friendlier. “Makes sense,” he said. “Both
the purity in her aura and the silver threads are
strong.”
“Silver threads?” I repeated, sliding
him a curious glance.
“Yes,” he replied. “Half-breeds have
silver threads woven throughout their auras. Yours does
too.”
My memory of us in the nurses’ station
flashed through my mind, how his eyes raked over and around me.
Uncomfortably so. He’d been reading my aura.
“Oh.”
It also dawned on me how everyone
already knew my name. I’d given it to him yesterday.
Duh.
With care, she popped open the top of
the vial and motioned for me to hand her my mug, and I complied.
“There’s also another quality half-breeds possess – our blood is
different.”
This was new. “Different?”
“Yes. This is the vial of your blood
Kai took yesterday. Watch this,” she said, tilting the vial over
the water. A drip rolled into it. I expected it to disperse into
wispy curls and dilute, but it didn’t. The drop sank to the bottom
in a perfect red bead.
What? “How…”
“This is what the blood of a
half-breed looks like,” she said proudly.
“The properties are different,” Kai
explained. “Your blood is more potent. Resilient.”
I’d never noticed. My entire life. How
did I never know my blood would do that when in contact with water?
But then again, I’d never tested it out. Why would I? At a loss for
words, I only nodded like a half-wit.
“I am a real nurse,” Kai added. “In
case you were wondering. I didn’t just pretend to know what I was
doing yesterday.”
If he hadn’t known what he was doing,
he could have fooled me. I’d never questioned it. I knew I had
other questions churning, but I couldn’t seem to summon them all.
One made its way forward. “So were there others’ blood you tested?
Are there more half-breeds here?”
He hesitated, looking to Iris, and
they exchanged a secret look.
What? Was my question
moronic? It seemed reasonable to me . If half-breeds had a tendency to
have gifts, there might be more here.
“No,” he finally answered, but I
noticed his words lacked conviction. “Not that I’ve found. Your
blood sample was the only one I was interested in. I haven’t seen
any other half-breed auras here.”
Another question formed. “So you
already knew about my aura before you took a sample?”
He and Iris exchanged another look,
and Iris nodded her consent. These two were a well-oiled machine.
“Yes,” he replied. We
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