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trying to find out how to jump from one body to another to become immortal. Why don’t you just kill the overtaken bodies? It’s not like the human souls are in there anymore.”
“It’s against the seers’ code,” Rya n said emphatically. “A human body is a life, regardless of whether or not a vardoger inhabits the body. And there have been too many instances of a soul being too strong to be pushed out. It usually happens in the cases of seers that have been overtaken, but there have been a few examples of regular humans being strong
enough not to have their souls forced out.” Ryan grimaced. “It’s actually worse. You’re
helpless to control your body and have to witness all the vio lent things the vardoger does. In those cases, o ur hop e is to figure out how to push the vardoger out so that the human soul can take control
again, but we’ve been unsuccessful so far. Our attempts have destroyed both the vardoger
and the human soul.”
Sarah and Grant both looked at Simon after Ryan’s explanation, but he shook his head.
“He’s not in here.”
Grant looked deflated by his response, and I was reminded that not only did Grant
have to deal with his life being in danger, but also the death of his cousin.
I excused myself to make a phone call to Marie and went into my bedroom. I wanted to check in with her and give her my new phone number.
“Hello?” she answered warily.
“Marie, it’s Caitlin . I wanted to call to see if you had any new information.”
“Nothing so far. Have you met with Ryan?”
“Yes, he’s staying with me while we try to figure out how to defeat my father.”
“Good,” Marie said approvingly. “Ryan’s ability to track vardogers will give you enough
time to prepare for your father’s attack.”
“Have you been able to get into contact with other seer s? I’m still convinced hypnosis is the best way to get some answers on what to do to win against my father.”
“I’m not sure yet,” Marie replied grimly. “I’m being careful with who I trust. I’ll call you once I know for sure.”
“Okay,” I sighed. “This is my new cell phone number, so just call me on this.”
“Al l right.” Marie paused before ending the call. “Just remember that you can’t trust anyone
completely, Caitlin.”
“Are you talking about Ryan? Or Simon?”
“Both. The only person you can trust completely is yourself. Just be careful.”
Marie’s words were far from comforting as I ended the call. I took the opportunity
of being alone in my bedroom to think things through. Simon had warned me about Ryan, Ryan had warned me about Simon, and Marie had warned
me about both of them. I trusted Simon because I loved him, and he had given me no
reason to distrust him once he had confessed the truth. But I couldn’t deny that for
a long period of time, everything had been a lie. Could I really believe that everything
he said to me now was the truth, when he had spent the bulk of our relationship lying?
I trusted Ryan on an instinctual level, because he was a seer and I felt a connection
to him. But in reality, he was a stranger. A stranger who could have his own motive for wanting to use my powers. I couldn’t completely trust that he
didn’t have motives beyond what he had told me.
I sighed in frustration as I rubbed my forehead against a mounting headache. I wouldn’t
solve anything by worrying about the same things over and over again. I just needed to focus on my main goal of becoming
stronger to destroy my father. And I needed both Simon and Ryan for that. I decided I would be careful but would trust them both until they gave me a reason not to. Otherwise I would drive myself crazy.
Everyone was watching TV when I came back into the living room. Or rather, Sarah and Grant were watching TV while
Ryan sat o n the couch staring into space , looking engrossed in thought. Simon was staring at Ryan , and his thoughts were a little more
“It’s against the seers’ code,” Rya n said emphatically. “A human body is a life, regardless of whether or not a vardoger inhabits the body. And there have been too many instances of a soul being too strong to be pushed out. It usually happens in the cases of seers that have been overtaken, but there have been a few examples of regular humans being strong
enough not to have their souls forced out.” Ryan grimaced. “It’s actually worse. You’re
helpless to control your body and have to witness all the vio lent things the vardoger does. In those cases, o ur hop e is to figure out how to push the vardoger out so that the human soul can take control
again, but we’ve been unsuccessful so far. Our attempts have destroyed both the vardoger
and the human soul.”
Sarah and Grant both looked at Simon after Ryan’s explanation, but he shook his head.
“He’s not in here.”
Grant looked deflated by his response, and I was reminded that not only did Grant
have to deal with his life being in danger, but also the death of his cousin.
I excused myself to make a phone call to Marie and went into my bedroom. I wanted to check in with her and give her my new phone number.
“Hello?” she answered warily.
“Marie, it’s Caitlin . I wanted to call to see if you had any new information.”
“Nothing so far. Have you met with Ryan?”
“Yes, he’s staying with me while we try to figure out how to defeat my father.”
“Good,” Marie said approvingly. “Ryan’s ability to track vardogers will give you enough
time to prepare for your father’s attack.”
“Have you been able to get into contact with other seer s? I’m still convinced hypnosis is the best way to get some answers on what to do to win against my father.”
“I’m not sure yet,” Marie replied grimly. “I’m being careful with who I trust. I’ll call you once I know for sure.”
“Okay,” I sighed. “This is my new cell phone number, so just call me on this.”
“Al l right.” Marie paused before ending the call. “Just remember that you can’t trust anyone
completely, Caitlin.”
“Are you talking about Ryan? Or Simon?”
“Both. The only person you can trust completely is yourself. Just be careful.”
Marie’s words were far from comforting as I ended the call. I took the opportunity
of being alone in my bedroom to think things through. Simon had warned me about Ryan, Ryan had warned me about Simon, and Marie had warned
me about both of them. I trusted Simon because I loved him, and he had given me no
reason to distrust him once he had confessed the truth. But I couldn’t deny that for
a long period of time, everything had been a lie. Could I really believe that everything
he said to me now was the truth, when he had spent the bulk of our relationship lying?
I trusted Ryan on an instinctual level, because he was a seer and I felt a connection
to him. But in reality, he was a stranger. A stranger who could have his own motive for wanting to use my powers. I couldn’t completely trust that he
didn’t have motives beyond what he had told me.
I sighed in frustration as I rubbed my forehead against a mounting headache. I wouldn’t
solve anything by worrying about the same things over and over again. I just needed to focus on my main goal of becoming
stronger to destroy my father. And I needed both Simon and Ryan for that. I decided I would be careful but would trust them both until they gave me a reason not to. Otherwise I would drive myself crazy.
Everyone was watching TV when I came back into the living room. Or rather, Sarah and Grant were watching TV while
Ryan sat o n the couch staring into space , looking engrossed in thought. Simon was staring at Ryan , and his thoughts were a little more
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