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the prison Justin kept me in, I instantly knew the answer to the question like I had known it all my life. Without knowing why or how, I realized I knew all of the answers to every question.
    It only took me half the class period to finish the test, and I knew I had done well on it. Almost at the same time, I noticed Brand look up from his work. We ended up turning our papers in together.
    As we walked hand in hand out the door, Brand asked, “How did you do?”
    “I think I aced it,” I answered. “It was like the answers just came to me out of nowhere but, at the same time, it was like I had known the information forever. Does that make any sense?”
    “Not really,” he said, not being able to hide his worry over my new-found talent.
    “It’s not an angel trait?” I asked, having already assumed that was the reason and finding it troubling that my conclusion was false.
    “No, not that I know of; we only know so much because we’ve lived so long. Having total recall about something you’ve never actually known is not something I’ve ever known anyone to be able to do.”
    “So, what can angels do besides phase?”
    “Well, we’re incredibly strong and agile.”
    “Hmm, I don’t think I’m either one of those. I’m about as agile as a slug.” I thought about fact for a minute. “Will said phasing was more of a mental ability than a physical one. Maybe my abilities are more mental than physical. Is that possible?”
    “I think anything is possible with you, my love.”
    I smiled up at him and hugged his arm close. “That’s the first time you’ve called me that.”
    He stopped me on the sidewalk and turned me so I was facing him. He looked deep into my eyes, as if making sure I fully heard his next words to me.
    “You are my love,” he said, bringing me in closer to his body and kissing me lightly on the lips, “and my life. It’s hard for me to explain to you how dark my world was before we found each other. I need you so much, it scares me sometimes. I don’t think I can tell you with words how much I love you, but I’ll try my best to show you.”
    “You sure do make it hard on a girl,” I said, ready to throw my books down and ravish him on the spot, not caring how such a scene might lower my already-tarnished reputation.
    Brand’s lips stretched into a roguish smile and his grey eyes lit up with joy.
    “Well, I certainly hope I do,” he said. “Otherwise, I would be concerned I was doing something wrong.”
    Brand walked me to my English Composition class. He couldn’t go in with me, but he stayed outside the door. All I had to do was yell if something happened.
    “I don’t think they would try to snatch you in front of so many witnesses, especially since they wouldn’t be able to slip in and out without you making a scene. It’s an unspoken code among the other Watchers that exposing our existence is unforgivable,” Brand tried to reassure me.
    When I entered the classroom, I went to sit beside Tara at our usual desks.
    Ever since the whole Michelle incident, Nora kept as far away from Tara and me as she could get. She now sat at the front of the classroom, close to Ms. Conner’s desk. Being the best friend of a psychopath had a tremendously adverse effect on Nora’s popularity. She pretty much kept to herself nowadays, from what I understood. I’d heard a few of my classmates say she was just trying to get through the semester here, and planned to transfer to a different college in January.
    I pretty much got the same reception in my English class that I had in Biology. People stared at me and whispered quietly to each other, but didn’t say much directly to Tara or me. Of course, it helped to have Tara sitting beside me like a guard dog, ready to rip into the first person who even thought about making a snide remark directly to me or stare for too long.
    After class, Ms. Conner asked that I stay behind to give me an extra assignment to make up for the week I was out.