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blackness. I’d make salt shakers disappear for ten bucks. Easy money.”
    “Do you know where you’re from? Where your family is?”
    Silas shook his head. “I can’t remember that far back. I think I must have been in a horrible accident.”
    “And something happened to your power when I—”
    “When you healed me—from certain death—after Daelius ran my car off the road by the cemetery. You multiplied my power, Mel.”  
    “I. I’m sorry. I didn’t even know you had a power…then.”
    “Stop apologizing, Mel. Apologizing for being you isn’t necessary. What you did to me saved our lives up in the mountains by Cle Elum.”
    I smiled and traced the myriad of scars on his arm with my fingers.  
    “I don’t believe in destiny, Melanie. But we didn’t meet that day in the graveyard by accident.” Silas pressed his lips against mine gently. I responded to his touch and melted into his arms. Vena watched us in the rearview and grinned.  

Augmented

    The reinforced glass shield of the Augmentor lifted up with a whirr of machinery. A bright blue glow dissipated, revealing Drake. His arms were extended to the sides and he was on his knees, looking at the ground. The sound of his screams echoed through the chamber and then died away. He tilted his head up, revealing silver eyes. His body was coated with a blue plastic, and silver wires traced through it like spider webs.  
    Drake stood. “What have you done to me?”  
    “Your nerves have been supplemented with nanotube shortcuts. Your muscles have been amplified, along with your sight. Your blood has been modified to improve oxygen flow,” Tridian explained.  
    Drake shot to the other end of the room, his motion a blur. His laughter filled the room. “I’m fast.”
    “You’re better than fast, Drake. You are lethal.”  
    “Are you sending me out to kill the witch?”
    “The empath is the least of our worries. You know as well as I that the Sirens are about to do something that could affect the very fate of the humanity. They must be stopped—at all costs.”
    Drake nodded. “I understand.” His silver eyes flickered and focused, superimposing data on his vision. The plastic skin relayed information into his cortex through an interface on the back of his neck. He flexed his fingers and arms, getting used to his new abilities. He jumped and caught onto a ceiling beam forty feet in the air, then dropped lightly to his feet, absorbing the impact with his knees. He felt his shoulder for the burn marks and raised his eyebrows.  
    “All the damage was repaired during augmentation.” Tridian’s smile was cold. He ran his long fingers through his white hair.
    “Why not augment everyone?” Drake asked. The other agents in the room looked at Tridian nervously.  
    “It’s a prototype,” Tridian said. “You are the first to survive it. There are still some…issues to work out.”
    “What’s the plan?” Drake looked around the room, as if judging whether he could take out all the agents and leave. Tridian’s expression made him reconsider.
    “The Siren that attacked your men at Ice Harbor was spotted driving one of your jeeps. She’s heading toward their base. We know the base is somewhere off the coast of Washington—due to the information you gathered during the interrogations. We have agents in the area and an optical satellite feed. Soon we will know exactly where they are.”
    “And the witch?”
    “Reports are that the empath and the wildcard are in the jeep, with the Siren.”
    “Send me . I will end them.” Drake stood with his fists clenched. He could feel the speed in his veins. The smallest breath sent energy coursing through his system. He felt like he could bend steel. Even with his eyes closed, the data overlay showed him the locations of everyone in the room.  
    “We are flying you and six agents into the area. You will be dropped at the edge of the rain forest, near the probable location of the Siren