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My guess was that Brad and Hayden had something else going on.
     
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    “Are you okay driving with Agent Phillips?” Hayden asked later in the library.
    “I guess so. Why wouldn’t I be?”
    “No reason.” He closed the book we’d been studying and tossed it casually into his backpack. “If you weren’t a hundred percent comfortable, I’d come pick you up after my errands. They’re close by.”
    Let’s see… drive with Fawn or ride in that cool car with a super hot guy? “Do I get to drive again?”
    “Sure.” One side of his mouth twitched like he was trying not to laugh.
    Why would he offer me a ride when he knew I already had one? Maybe Corinne and Nadia were right. Maybe Hayden liked me.
    No, I wouldn’t go there. The scenario was all too familiar: Guy is attracted to girl, but has no intention of keeping her. Guy flirts with girl and lets her believe he really cares. Girl eventually sleeps with him. Guy dumps girl.
    Hayden didn’t actually like me . He only liked the way I looked and that I wasn’t easy. That fact hadn’t stopped me from agreeing to hitch a ride with him. Stupid, stupid Tessa. “I guess I’ll see you outside the auditorium in about an hour?”
    “Yeah, let’s get you to your meeting.” He rose from the chair.
    I rose too, watching him surreptitiously as he gathered the rest of his things. He glanced at me while reaching for his backpack. When the strap jumped into his hand, I jumped too. Surely, I was seeing things. Inanimate objects didn’t move by themselves. Or did they? If Hayden had powers like me… No. Mr. Linton would’ve detected him, like he detected me.
    Unless he got a false negative.
    My mind must’ve warped from all the stress.
    No. I knew what I saw. He didn’t notice the jumpy strap, because when he’d reached for it, he’d been looking at me.
    “What’s wrong?” Hayden asked.
    “I’ve been up late every night. Sleep deprived.” I couldn’t tell if he bought the excuse or not. Regardless, he couldn’t force the answer from me and I’d never tell him that I saw his backpack move on its own. He’d think I was crazy.
     
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    “So have you had a chance to practice reading and blocking?” Fawn asked.
    “No. Between classes, tutoring Hayden and work, I haven’t had any time to myself. I got in a little bit the day before though.”
    “And tonight?” Mr. Linton asked.
    I scrunched up my face, knowing I looked like a slacker. “I’m going to a Halloween party.”
    She smiled. “Don’t worry about it. You have the weekend, right?”
    “Yeah. Hey, I have a question.” They looked as if they were waiting so I plowed on. “As a Detector, you can get a false negative, right?”
    Mr. Linton nodded.
    “So could there be other Movers or Readers here at this school?”
    “I doubt it. We’re very rare. It’s extremely unlikely to find two in the same city, much less the same school.”
    But not impossible. They could have spotted me and quit looking. “It requires a Detector to detect them, right? Which means Fawn wouldn’t have known about me if you hadn’t told her.”
    She shook her head. “At first, yes. But you’re completely open to all of us now.”
    “So…” I struggled to wrap my head around that. “How does it work?”
    “You’ve been opened up, your power released so we sense it,” he said.
    “Like a can of tuna.” Fawn smirked. “You don’t smell anything until you open the can.”
    “You’re comparing me to tuna?” I cocked my head. “I don’t love your analogies.”
    She grinned.
     
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    Fawn and Mr. Linton had me practice sensing them and their energy. I thought they were crazy at first, but after a few experiments, I was a believer. A witch’s entire body perceived the energy, as though it permeated our skin and seeped into our blood.
    They had taken me to the school office where teachers and staff still worked. I closed my eyes and gave them the location of every worker. When Ms.