My body tensed for a moment and when I felt his warm hands brushing the hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear, relief flooded into me. "Elliot?" I gasped, nearly flinging myself into his arms.

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest.

"Where did she go?!" I heard the gamma yelling at the others.

"I swear, I thought she went in here," the other said.

The shuffling of feet disappeared while they searched the perimeter.

My entire body trembled out of fear.

"Just stay calm; it's going to be okay," Elliot whispered in my ear. "They don't know it was you, so you'll be safe once you transform back."

I nodded against his chest, hating that my tears were soaking into his nice suit. I will have to apologize for this later.

as more pain slammed into

tension. I could already feel my body relaxing

finally finding my voice I asked,

as he

the time," he

asked, peeking up at him through my

to see the red light surrounding him like a bright aura. It wasn't a painful flash in my vision like it had been, but it was

time I transformed when I turned 18. She couldn't tell me much more other than that, but she told me if kept practicing, I could eventually control this power. I wasn't sure how to practice such a thing, but at

the calm

something about your scent and your body... it calms me. Being away from you is

leaning into him. As I looked into his eyes, I didn't feel like a monster. no longer felt the pain in my temple and the flashing of light was gone. I knew I still looked strange because of the transformation, but there was this tugging inside of me that drew me towards him regardless of what this might look like. It was an aching

least not right

I heard one of

the other gamma, the leader, muttered. "Let's go back to the banquet. We'll

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