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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?”

were teens. I’d bet that Rafe and Jesse have also spent a couple of

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

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

he grins at me.

him with a little bit of guilt. “It could help so many people. But…I mean, if I’m really telling the truth? I’d want something cool. Like flying. Or talking to

openly at this, and from the corner of my eye I see Luca turn

clearly does not see why that is as cool

you could persuade an army of bees to attack people!

cruel,” Jackson says, shaking his head at me, “you can’t use your

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to sacrifice

right. I would only use my powers for

peering around the edge of the curtain, looking for the window. “So, do you want to go outside?

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

distinctly

smiling at him. “Let’s just…save that for another time. Maybe we can try to… explode the marble a little bit. See if

says, gesturing towards the marble.

our gaze to him. “How much longer is this little homework session going to last? Getting a

his book, smirks at

minutes,” Jackson calls back. Luca narrows his eyes

you want to refocus the exploding attempt on a

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

I see he’s doing his best to suppress

my shoulders and focusing again on the marble. “Let’s try

silence then, with me focusing hard, Jackson’s hand

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

what I do…nothing happens to the

transform the marble into something else, rather than move or destroy it – when

she

let go of his hand, spinning my head towards him.

is nothing more than a puff

mate,” he says, studying my eyes seriously.

just stare at him.

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