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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?”

known about our potential gifts since we were teens. I’d bet that Rafe and Jesse have also spent

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 mate. “But my aunt Ella – she can heal people. Like really heal them – that’s her magic. She accesses her gift and their wounds just knit together.” I snap,

Jackson says, his eyebrows going

and he grins at

a little bit of guilt. “It could help so

corner of my eye I see Luca turn his

shaking his head like he clearly does not see why that is as cool as I

I insist, squeezing his hand, willing him to believe me. “Like, even beyond just having chats with your pets, you could persuade an army of bees to attack people! Or, during a famine,

cruel,” Jackson says, shaking his head at me,

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animal to sacrifice

right. I

for the window. “So, do you want to go outside? Try to…talk to a bird or

me, surprise and delight suddenly on his face. And my smile deepens as I study him, because I’ve just realized that…he probably doesn’t

quite distinctly enjoyed

another time. Maybe we can try to…

my guest,” Jackson says, gesturing

him. “How much longer

his eyes still on his book,

calls back. Luca narrows his eyes but turns back to his homework.

my ear, “if 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

Jackson, I see he’s doing

say, straightening my shoulders and focusing again on the marble. “Let’s

ten minutes sitting in silence then, with

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in my body, building and building. I’m fascinated by it, especially

I do…nothing happens

into something else, rather than move or destroy it – when Jackson startles

she…is she okay?”

his hand, spinning my head towards him.

My word is nothing more than a

says, studying my eyes

stare at him.

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