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slightly. It’s a reminder of how harsh the secret world the Underground works in is. I can see the worry on Jack’s face too. I haven’t seen him show this much emotion about his father before. It’s enough to make me want to reassure him, so I reach out to put a hand on his shoulder.
    “I’m sure everyone is trying their best to get him back safe. I mean, you know how much they’re doing, because you’re helping to plan it.”
    I turn the hand on Jack’s shoulder into a one armed hug. It’s a nice sensation, and I turn my face towards his ever so slightly. Our eyes meet.
    That’s when I feel it again. The burning power I have brought out only a couple of times before is rising up in me, making me feel like I’m glowing from the inside. A second later, and I’m really glowing, because I can see the painfully bright light coming out of my skin, pouring from me in golden waves. For a moment, it feels perfect, but then I realize what that feeling might mean. I remember the faces of the men I’ve killed, and what they looked like in the seconds after I touch them. I start to jerk back. I won’t burn Jack. I can’t burn Jack.
    It’s only as I pull away that I see that Jack is glowing too. Not as much as me, but he’s glowing. His eyes are golden, the way mine are when the power comes into me, and his skin is almost luminous. He doesn’t let me pull away the way I want to, pulling me back, pulling me into a kiss. It’s… amazing. I can feel the energy in that kiss, pulsing between us, moving through me. It’s warm, and loving, feeling like I’m immersed in gently heated water, with nothing else around me. It feels like I could float in it forever. Except that I can’t. Eventually, of course, the kiss has to end. We have to move away from one another.
    We pull apart, and the feeling fades. The glow in Jack disappears, and the energy in me quiets down.
    Jack smiles, looking at me. “I wasn’t expecting that. From the looks of it, when you and I are… emotional, the energy of what we are feeds off it, becoming stronger.”
    I nod, and can’t help returning his smile. “You were glowing too. It seems like your mother’s side is beginning to emerge in you.”
    “I know,” Jack says. “I’m not sure what that means.”
    “Whatever it means,” I promise, “I’ll be here. Remember, I’ve been there.”
    Jack kisses me again, gently. There’s no rush of energy this time, but it’s still a nice kiss. “I can’t get enough of you, Celes. You’re the only one I’ve ever felt this much for, even when I try to rein in my emotions. It’s probably only because of that I was able to reach this point at all. You’ve helped me, Celes.”
    “I know, and I feel everything you feel, Jack.”
    For a moment, Jack looks happy. About as happy as it’s possible for one man to be. Then his expression changes to something more serious. “We have to be careful though, Celes. We’ve already let too many people see us kissing and being close, but that’s fine if they think that it’s not serious. There are too many people who would look at us and see what we feel as a weakness to exploit. They would use our feelings against us.”
    I nod. “I won’t let the Others see us.”
    Jack leans close, lowering his voice to a whisper. “I’m not just talking about the Others. We have to be careful, even in Location Two.”
     

TEN
     
     
     
     
    I t takes Lionel and the others another couple of hours to make preparations. I guess important, life or death missions aren’t something you can rush. Even so, it’s frustrating being stuck there, knowing that every moment we waste is another moment Sebastian has to spend as a prisoner.
    If it’s bad for me, it’s far worse for Jack. He tries to distract himself by talking to me and spending time with me, but even so, I can see the worry in him starting to creep through. Several times, he leaves me to check on how the preparations are coming, and each time, I get the