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actually do. They had become experts
at turning daytime soap operas into mad-libbing games. They had
spent hours playing board games. Tristan always beat her at
Pictionary, but Kira thought she had the one-up in Charades. Of
course, no one knew they were this cheesy and lame, Kira laughed
silently to herself.
    When she finally left the hospital and
started going to school again, they eased back into normal life.
They went to the beach or did a little hiking or went to parties
with her friends. But, sometimes Kira liked slipping back into
their secret double-life, especially with one particular game they
invented.
    "Hum-azing?" Kira asked. Yes...they made up
the name together.
    "Sure, you first." Tristan sighed happily and
Kira envisioned him lying down and settling in for the competition.
She thought of a song, something current that he would never guess.
Kira started humming Ke$ha.
    "Oh, come on. That's not fair. I'm singing a
song from the fifties when it's my turn," Tristan mumbled. Kira
kept humming the beat. "Okay, that crazy girl. I heard this when
you forced me to watch MTV." Kira smiled but kept going. "Um...Lady
Gaga?"
    "Nope," Kira said and waited for him to guess
again.
    They continued for a while, going back and
forth with Kira using current songs and Tristan drudging up older
ones she could almost never guess.
    Eventually, Luke called her down for dinner
and she regretfully said goodbye to Tristan, hoping they would be
able to talk again soon. Now that she was here, she liked
Sonnyville and wanted to stay as long as she could. She wanted to
make conduit friends and learn about these people. She needed to
stay to learn more about herself and her powers — how to control
them and keep herself from going over the edge. Mostly, she needed
to find out what had been in those missing pages. She wanted to
know the secrets the old scholars had thought were too dangerous to
share.
    But as soon as Tristan found Diana, she would
find a way to sneak out. Getting her mother back was Kira's top
priority and nobody, not even the Council, was going to stop
her.
     
     
     
    Chapter
Five
     
    "Really, Luke? Do we have to practice here?"
Kira asked, surveying the town square and taking note of the
Council's platform. She had only just escaped being the center of
attention yesterday afternoon. A repeat performance was not high on
her to-do list. "Can't we just use your backyard?"
    "I don't want it to seem like you're hiding.
Besides," he continued, "conduits are going to stare at you no
matter what. You might as well give them something to gawk at."
    "And, me practicing is something to gawk at?"
Kira asked.
    "Oh yes," Luke said and stretched his arms
over his head.
    Kira plopped down beside him on the grass to
stretch out her hamstrings and continue stalling. She rolled up the
sleeves of her t-shirt, slightly annoyed with Tristan. The one
downside to having him pack for her was the noticeable lack of her
semi-revealing clothing, something she was sure he did on purpose.
All of her practice tank tops had been left at home. Sure, they
were skin tight, but now all she had were bulky unisex tees that
she could hardly move around in.
    And they were hot, especially in the
scorching heat resting over Sonnyville. The sun usually felt
comforting, but in this town the heat seemed stronger than normal.
She would have to ask Luke about that at some point.
    "Let's go," he said and eased into a standing
position. Kira reached her arm out for help, feeling too lazy to do
it on her own. He grasped her palm and pulled her up, promptly
ending the contact at that.
    "What are we starting with?" Kira stepped
back, putting enough space between them to make the practice
difficult, but not above her level.
    "Target practice," Luke voiced. He reached
his hand out to the side and Kira shot a small ball of light at his
palm, more so a sudden burst of energy than her really strong
powers.
    When it touched Luke's hand, he moved to a
new location. Kira fired