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and somewhat appalled by his directness. She probably did look horrible, but did he really have to point it out to everyone?
    “Leave her alone, Dray. She doesn’t remember your not-so-subtle personality,” Evrik barked.
    Draylan eyed Sam grudgingly, now rummaging through the fridge. “How could anyone forget me? Memory or no memory, I’m unforgettable.”
    “Why can I remember most of my life, but not much that has to do with you guys or Chase, just bits and pieces?” She looked at Evrik, Alea and Malachi. Draylan had his head in the fridge.
    Alea answered Sam, guiding her over to the kitchen table. “We've been hesitant to tell you anything. We don’t want to frighten you. We hoped you would’ve regained more of your memory by now.” Alea sighed. “I’ll tell you this. We’re different from you.”
    “What about Chase?” Sam asked.
    “He’s different too, just not as different as we are. All of us are part of a different world, a world most people don’t know about. A world you’ve forgotten,” Alea explained.
    Sam glanced down. Her eyes caught the numbers on her watch. It was already three. She’d told Chase she would meet him in his room that afternoon.
    “Do you need me to take you back to the dorms?” Evrik asked.
    Sam wavered. “No, I just told Chase I’d talk to him this afternoon. Please, Alea, go on. I want to know more.”
    “Maybe it’s better if we don’t say anything else right now.” Alea looked at Evrik for agreement. “We’ll talk again when you remember more.”
    “I understand why you don’t want to tell me about your world, especially now that I’m starting to remember on my own.” Sam sighed. “But I assure you, I’m not scared. I may not remember, but I can still feel. I feel safe, and I feel loved, and in a weird way I understand that others exist—others I never knew existed before I came to Baltimore. I don’t know how I know this. I just do.”
    “I understand, Sam. And I’m really working on restoring your memory,” Alea said.
    “But how?”
    Alea looked hesitantly at Evrik before speaking. “I have a certain ability. I can create magical elixirs that help me do and see things I otherwise couldn’t.”
    Sam’s posture straightened. “You’re magical?” She smirked skeptically.
    “In a way,” Malachi explained. “We each have a unique ability. Everyone of our race is born with special gifts. Some of us are just more powerful than others.” Malachi slid his attention over to Evrik. Sam had a feeling Malachi wanted Evrik to tell her the rest.
    “What can you do?” Sam asked Malachi.
    “I can track scents—”
    “Like a dog!” Draylan laughed, sitting down to join them with a gigantic submarine sandwich and a heaping pile of potato chips.
    “Dray—” Malachi spoke through tight lips.
    Draylan waved his hand in the air. “Sorry, Bro, please continue.”
    “As I was saying, I can track scents—find other beings by their smell. Everything has a unique scent. That’s how we found you in Fells Point. I tracked your scent.”
    “Like a dog,” Draylan repeated under his breath. He shoved a handful of chips into his mouth. Everyone ignored him.
    “Oh.” Sam’s eyes widened implausibly. She didn’t know why she was so shocked. Her life had become full of rationally unexplainable surprises over the last twenty-four hours. She’d learned anything was possible, or, more accurately, “re-learned” anything was possible.
    “And you?” Sam asked Draylan, who chewed an enormous bite of his sub, a piece of deli ham hanging from his lip. He swallowed, slurped up the loose piece of ham, snagged Evrik’s water, and chugged the whole bottle until the plastic crumbled in his large hand.
    Suddenly, Malachi stood up quickly, followed by Evrik and Alea. Draylan grumbled and reluctantly joined them.
    “What’s wrong, Chi?” Evrik’s jaw hardened.
    “He’s here,” Malachi warned. “I can smell him in the woods.”
    “Who’s here?” Sam