Chapter 0561

Jackson growls a little, not very pleased at the idea, but then turns to Tony with his hand out.

"Sorry," Tony says, looking cheerfully down at Jackson's hand. "As nice as it would be to hold your hand, Jacks, what's...what's happening?"

"I can give Ariel my energy," Jackson says, bland. "Through our bond. She can pass energy to her brother and cousin through their bond."

"They...have a bond?" Tony asks, peering around Jackson curiously.

"They have since they were babies," mom says, sighing happily, I think at some memory.

"Weird," Tony says, but he lifts his own hand and smacks his palm satisfyingly into Jacksons. Then, Jackson closes his eyes as he always does and, I think, tries to pass the energy.

We all wait. Tony looks around at all of us.

Nothing happens.

"See?" Jackson says, taking his hand away from Tony after a minute and looking back at me. "It only works with you, because of our mating bond."

We try more formulations after that, seeing if Jackson can pass energy to my mom or to Cora, and then if I can pass energy to mom, Cora, or Tony as the intermediary, like how I can with Rafe and Jesse. Nothing works.

turning her head

is a bit at the end of his patience with the experiments. "Now, your turn, sweetheart,"

to be called pet names in front of my peers," Jesse says, holding up one finger. His mom's smile just deepens as she makes no promises. "And two...do I have to?" He grimaces and I can tell, in that, that

Jesse says, shuddering a

I love my gift - love playing with it, experimenting with it, which I do pretty much every night as I light the fire in our little room. If I had a gift I didn't like? God, but that would be difficult to deal with. "Plus," Jesse says, looking towards his roommates, "I kind of... lost

"We'll help you again, if you need it. But I don't think you'll

you've got this."

at Jesse. "But I thought last time your shadows

turning to Tony,

he tries to put

go...a very little bit quiet as I whip my head to Tony, a scowl on my face as I glare at

a very careful "o" as he glances towards me and my mom, who

on," Cora says,

turning her amused

to see

you don't want to, you don't have to. But...I'd

one

shaking his head a bit as if wondering how he's supposed to

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