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- “Now you know how I feel.” Tuck looked down at Jace. His eyes were wild. “Never again, Beleren.”
- He raised a boot.
- Help me.
- Jace’s perspective lurched. He was looking down at himself, down at Tuck, out of Caden’s eyes.
- Caden’s hand moved. Jace moved it. He didn’t know how or why or what Caden was seeing right now. He didn’t really care.
- With Caden under his control, Jace grabbed Tuck’s shoulder and yanked him back from the edge, then stiffly offered himself a hand.
- How small he looked, hanging desperately above the crackling stream of mana. How vulnerable he looked. He hated it.
- Back in his own head, Jace grabbed Caden’s hand and hauled himself up.
- He stood there, shaking, the plating solid under his feet. He only half-believed he was still alive. He looked to his three schoolmates.
- Caden swayed on his feet, his eyes crackling with blue energy. Tuck was red-faced, furious. Jill’s eyes were wide.
- The glow in Caden’s eyes faded. His eyes rolled back in his head, and he hit the plating with a thud.
- ***
- She shook her head. “I think you are perfect and I love you, no matter what.”
- Jace knew that was true, though whether by his abilities or not, he couldn’t say.
- “How’s Caden?” asked Jace. “Have you heard?”
- His mother’s lips pursed. “He’s still out,” she said. “The healers aren’t quite sure what to do.”
- “I didn’t mean to hurt him,” Jace said.
- “I know.”
- JACE’S ORIGIN: ABSENT MINDS
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