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“It’s not a waste of time,” I counter, glaring at Jackson. “It’s the assignment.”

“The assignment was to get the marble to do something. If your powers aren’t telekinesis, why would you try to lift it?”

I stare at him, confused. “Well, how do you know my powers aren’t telekinesis?”

He smirks a little. “Because if they were, you’d probably have lifted the marble by now.”

I blink at him, half baffled by his logic and half…well, half persuaded. I turn back to the marble, which hasn’t moved an inch.

“Maybe you’re right,” I murmur. “Tony wasn’t able to move the marble because his magic has nothing to do with lifting marbles.”

“Alvez is just spinning his wheels, having us all take shots in the dark, hoping we turn something up. Next week he’ll have us trying to do something else.”

“Well, that sucks,” I sigh, slumping a little. “I really wanted to make it float.”

There’s a long silence between us as I scowl at the marble, my hand pressed to his, wondering what the hell I’m supposed to do next.

“Wait, really?” Jackson softly asks.

I turn to him, confused.

He stares at me, and despite any efforts to concentrate on the assignment I find myself again a little lost in the dark blue of his eyes. Such a rare color – I lean a little closer, trying to see the details of it.

“You want to float the marble?” Jackson says softly, his hand tightening just incrementally around mine. “That’s what you’d pick, of all the possible magical gifts you could have?”

I turn my head to the side, considering it. “Well, I mean, it wouldn’t be a bad one…” I murmur, and then I smile softly. “But you’re right. I guess that I don’t want to float the

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marble.”

He smiles too. “Well then. Mission successfully completed,” Jackson says, turning back to the marble. “A+ on this one, candidate Clark, if that’s the new goal.”

I laugh a little, still studying his face. “What would you pick?” I ask.

He shrugs a little. “Don’t know,” he murmurs, “Never thought about it. You?”

lip, because I mean…I have thought about it. We’ve known about our potential gifts since we were teens. I’d bet that Rafe and Jesse have also spent a couple of idle hours wondering

I’d want something useful,” I sigh, and he turns his face back to me, interested. “I mean…well, I’m not really supposed to tell you this,” I say, grimacing a little and deciding to do it anyway, especially as my wolf prods me with her nose, urging me to trust my

his eyebrows going up. “So, that’s what you’d pick?”

he grins at me.

my head and looking at him with a little bit of guilt. “It could help so

corner of my eye I see Luca turn

he clearly does not see why that is as

even beyond just having chats with your pets, you could persuade an army of bees to attack people!

at me, “you can’t use your powers

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animal to sacrifice

mouth twists a little. “You’re right. I would only use my powers

at me before peering around the edge of the curtain, looking for the window. “So, do you

And my smile deepens as I study him, because I’ve just

he quite distinctly enjoyed the

for another time. Maybe we can try to…

Jackson says, gesturing

from the couch, drawing both of our gaze to him. “How much longer is this little homework session going to

on his book,

back. Luca narrows his eyes but turns back to

you want to refocus the exploding attempt on a

over my mouth to muffle the sound so Luca doesn’t know how hard Jackson has made me laugh, but also because

look back at Jackson, I see he’s doing his best to

straightening my shoulders and focusing again

in silence

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own. As we go, heat wells in my body, building and building. I’m fascinated by it, especially by the comparison

what I do…nothing happens

trying a new tactic – attempting to transform the marble into something else, rather than move or destroy it – when Jackson

she…is she okay?” Jackson whispers.

let go of his hand,

is nothing more than a puff of

mate,” he says, studying my eyes

just stare at

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