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I felt the adrenalin shoot through me. My stomach clenched. I should have stayed.
I sensed something was wrong. Something was wrong with Darion. I could feel it. I could feel pain – pain in my shoulder – and it wasn’t the one that had been hit by the falling rock. I realised that that was where Darion could feel pain.
He paused.
he told me.
Did that make me a freak? Would I ever be able to blend in and be normal again – even amongst Talents? Or would I spend the rest of my life being the centre of attention in some lab somewhere?
I kept wandering through the dark caves, feeling helpless. It seemed like I’d finally found Darion, only to have him taken away from me. After all the time I’d spent struggling through the jungle and waiting for the chance to meet him. It wasn’t fair.
