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thick black Celtic designs up his arms, and his eyes were changing to the double colored irises most Fae had. His hair was longer as well. “Adam,” I whispered, afraid he would disappear if I spoke too loudly. I looked around to those still watching us inside the medical ward.
    “ I got you. I got you, Syn,” he replied, licking his lips and pulling me against his naked chest.  He was warm and smelled of wild magic. He whispered against my ear as he naturalized the magic I'd used.  I wasn’t even sure what I had done.
    “ The people?” I asked, wondering when I started considering the Fae as people.
    “ They are alive,” Ryder said from behind us. “How did you do that, Syn?”
    “ Do what?” I swallowed and hugged Adam tighter against me. He'd be lucky if I let him go anytime soon.
    “ Whatever the fuck you did, Syn, you cured them.”
    I swallowed past the metallic tanginess on my tongue and shook my head. I hadn't done anything besides get angry.  Had I?
    “ You cleaned their blood, Syn. I felt you doing it,” Adam replied. I pulled away and looked at him, really looked at him.  His brands were pulsing, and they weren't just on his arms…they were crawling up his neck to a few inches below his face, which had matured since I'd seen him last. He looked one hundred percent Fae now.
    “ Do I look that bad?” he asked coldly.
    “ No. No, Adam, you don't look bad. You just look different,” I lied.
    “ Liar. I can feel your response. I can feel you, Syn. Don't fucking lie to me.”
    “ I'm sorry, Adam. It’s not bad. I'm just not used to you like this yet.” I saw Dristan sift in and approach Ryder carefully.
    “ He got away, sorry,” Dristan explained in a low voice, nodding toward Adam.
    “ How did he escape?” Ryder asked carefully, quietly, his eyes on me. “He should have been mindless with the effects of Transition still.”
    “ He is very lucid. Claire told me that he has been extremely agitated a couple times since he entered Transition, but this time, he managed to sift. He’s way past the time when most panic, so they didn’t think he would need the collar anymore. I’ve never seen a Transitioning male sift from his feeding. Adam though was mid-feed and just disappeared.”
    “ I can feel you, Synthia, inside of me. I need you to turn it off, just for a little while. I need to get you out of my head while I finish Transitioning,” he sighed hesitantly, and I didn't blame him.
    “ I wish I knew how, Adam,” I whispered and pulled away from him.
    “ I need you to figure it out, Syn. It’s driving me insane. I want things I shouldn’t, and I know you wouldn’t want most of the things that are slipping into my mind right now,” Adam whispered and shook his head. His eyes pained as he turned on his heel and walked away from me. I watched his firm well-defined back as he walked away. The brands on his back had created a Celtic cross covering the middle, etched into his skin with beautiful details. My best friend had Transitioned, and while I’d been oblivious, he’d become full Fae.
    “ He's adjusting, Synthia,” Zahruk said softly from beside me.
    “ He’s going to make it through this. He’s strong,” I replied, and turned to look straight at Ryder. “So a group is after the Fae and likes to torture and kill. Any idea on who could be responsible?” I asked, trying to put my mind back to the matter at hand, and off of my best friend who was, even now, walking away from me.
    “ No, but whoever they are, they won’t live long. Attacks like this have been happening here and there, all week long and seem to be increasing in the level of violence used. These lunatics are growing bolder. Those that you healed are resting now. When they wake up, we will question them,” he replied, and nodded to Eliran who stepped up next to me.
    “ You cleaned their blood. Any idea how you did it? I'd like to be prepared if anymore come in showing the same symptoms.”
    “ No idea how