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defending,” Robbie stated.
    “ Did I?” she asked, growing a rhetorical smile as she looked at Angelina.
    “ Lina knows what I meant,” she said raising an eyebrow. But it was true – Angelina did know what the girl meant.
    “ Either I never divulge their abilities and heritage to them and see them get killed without having a chance to fight back, or reveal everything to them and allow them to become some of the most powerful hybrids alive, but at the cost of nearly always being prone to danger,” Angelina uttered with a gleaming tear in her eye.
    “ There you go, sweetheart!” Tammy said enthusiastically.
    “ It’s the best way, Lina,” Mr Tarchall said, holding her hand firmly. Angelina had been battling with a decision to make, which had been making her very unsteady and uneasy. But now that the decision had been made for her, she felt more relaxed than usual. She breathed heavily as a glistening tear ran down her cheek. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of creased paper that seemed aged and antiqued.
    “ I’ve had this since Jade was three and since the twins were born.” She trembled as she spoke.
    “ What is it?” Robbie asked.
    “ You see how I got their powers locked? Well, it was done by a man – a man who visited the children and me one morning. He told me that I’d have to choose whether to recite it or not because eventually, the words would fade from this piece of paper and all the other things on which I’ve written it down to remember. Even from everyone’s memory but his own,” Angelina said whilst mildly shuddering. She wiped off her tears as she quavered.
    “ What’s so special about this piece of paper?” Robbie asked.
    “ It’s like the antidote, isn’t it? That’s what’s going to unlock their powers again, right?” Robbie pounced enthusiastically, answering his own question. Angelina looked at the piece of paper. Her eyes suddenly paid more attention to it as she saw a word twitch.
    “ Oh no, I have to say it fast. The words are starting to fade. It’s a very slow process but once a word disappears, I wouldn’t be able to remember it ever again. And that could prove problematic if I ever wanted to unlock their powers,” Angelina said with a paranoid look running frenetically through her glacial eyes. Everybody stood up and rushed around her. Tantrus held her by her shoulders and spoke to her directly.
    “ Angelina, listen to me – I know how hard this’ll be on you but if you don’t hurry, your children will never know who they truly are and you’ll regret it for the rest of your life!” Tantrus impressed on her. She focused as if only her and that piece of paper existed in the world and slowly, looked at it more intensely.
    “ Come on,” Tantrus mouthed to her. The words came out flowing as though she knew them by heart. Everyone was in awe as she spoke them softly but clearly:
     
    “ For the first:
    Reach in deep, make a twist ,
    Evolve her heart to what should be her bliss… ”
    “ Come on, Angelina, that’s for one child two more to go,” Mr Tarchall consoled.
    “ …For the second:
    Though can ’t be sick, and not one to tame,
    Obliterate the padlock around this Lion ’s mane… ”
    “ Just one more,” Tantrus encouraged.
    “ …And for the third:
    Beat by beat, breath by breath ,
    Reveal what was hidden by the doings of death. ”
    Nothing happened except for the piece of paper slowly evaporating into black smoke.
    “Is that all? Is that it?” Mum asked curiously, but terrified whilst quickly looking around her.
    “ It’ll be fine. At least it should be,” Robbie said quietly.
     
    Oh I wish.
     

CHAPTER 2.
    Traits
     
     
    “Mum,” Jade said, a little too loudly for my ears. She shut the door behind us, locking out the night frost. The house was dark and so quiet that it was almost haunting.
    “ Hellooo!” Jade yelled again as we looked at each other confusingly.
    “ She’s not home yet?” Jaden asked.
    “