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down. He winced in pain, and his breath became shallow. His eyes clinched tight.
    “I’ll go get Alaine. ” I was worried, and was just about to turn when he grabbed my arm.
    “No. I’m alright,” he said . “Please stay.”
    “Alright, but a re you sure you’re okay?”
    “ Yeah. I just laid down a bit too fast. Alaine said I have a few broken ribs, and they hurt like hell if move too fast. Actually, if I move… period.”
    “ I know. I had a broken rib once.” My thoughts went back to the airport bathroom. It was only a few days ago, but it seemed like forever.
    I took a chair from the corner of the room and set it next to his bed.
    “Emma, c an I ask you a question?”
    “Sure,” I said. 
    I took in a deep breath, not sure of what was going to come out of his mouth. He was medicated, and some crazy things can come from medicated mouths. 
    “What are you?”
    “Huh?” I shook my head, confused by his question. “What do you mean?”
    “I know abou t Alaine. I know that she is a Nephilim, and that the rest of them are Guardians. Alaine explained it all to me a while back, because I knew there was something different about them.
    “But, last night, when I saw that old guy, Lucian, look at you…when he saw the mark on the back of your neck… there was something in his eyes that I hadn’t see the whole time I was with him. I noticed a look of fear. He was afraid and confused when he saw your mark. So…what did he see, Emma? Are you one of them?”
    I took in another deep breath and exhaled loudly.
    I’d forgotten that Caleb was there last night, and actually witnessed everything that happened. I couldn’t see Lucian’s eyes, because my back was facing him. If Caleb was right, then Lucian must have known something. Maybe he figured out that I was the one of the prophecy. If he did, then I would become an even bigger target than before. 
    That seemed like madness! A leader of the Fallen… afraid of me? Maybe it was a fear of the unexpected. A fear of the fairytale.
    “I really don’t know,” I answered. And that was the truth. “What I do know is that Samuel and Alaine are my birth parents, and I am three-quarters Angel. They say there has never been another like me, but no one will know exactly what I will become until I turn eighteen. That’s when my so called transformation happens.”
    Caleb was frozen, probably trying to run what I’d just said through his mind. His brow was furrowed, his eyes were wide, and his mouth was gaping open.
    “Alaine is your mother?” he breathed each word slowly.
    “Yes.” He thought she was just my aunt.
    “But how?”
    “It’s a really long story. One I don’t know all the details of. What I do know is that Alaine and my other mom were half-sisters. I was placed in her care because Samuel and Alaine were afraid for my life.
    “ There is some stupid law among the Immortals that says that Purebloods can only be with other Purebloods. Because Alaine is only a Halfbreed, her relationship with Samuel was forbidden. They were breaking an Immortal Law, and the punishment was death.
    “Samuel was supposed to have been killed for it. Everyone thought he was dead, but he showed up last night, very much alive.”
    “Whoa. So Samuel is one of the Fallen?”
    “Yes.”
    “If Alaine is your mom, then that makes you… my sister? I mean legally, because she adopted me and Courtney. Right?”
    “That’s r ight,” I agreed. This was good. It was much better having him think of me as a sister, than having him being all creepy, and stalking me until I was eighteen. 
    “You’re my sister. That’s cool.” He gave a weak smile and closed his eyes.
    “Yeah. Cool.”  
    His eyes popped open again .
    “Well, sis, it looks like your eighteenth birthday will be the party of the century. I won’t miss it, and you better make sure I’m on that list,” he laughed, and then moaned in pain. He held out his hand to me and I took it.
    “ Hey, no laughing,” I