The origin of Angel Traits began when the first Nephilim was created. About the time Jesus was born, around two thousand years ago. The angels knew that when Angel blood was combined with human blood, it created a magnificent chemical reaction in the body resulting in Angel Traits.” She was an amazing speaker, Scarlett thought. She was in awe of Dyston’s mother, probably in the same way Scarlett was in awe of him.
“ Now, that was a refresher for Miss Porter. Scarlett, I’m going to ask that you catch up on the History of Traits in your spare time. Now, we are going to move on to the chapter entitled Exploring Your Traits . Dyston?” She glanced over at her son. He got up from behind the teacher’s desk, walked around and sat on the front of it, facing the class. She loved watching Dyston. Then she noticed the two girls in front of her. They were leaning in to whisper to each other and giggling. She knew they were talking about Dyston, and that they thought he was hot. She wanted to yell at them, Hands off my man! But she knew it wouldn’t be appropriate. And she didn’t technically own him. He’d only been visiting her in her dreams for the past six years or so. Instead, she just bit her tongue and listened to him speak.
“ As you know, there is not just one type of Trait. It all depends upon your lineage, personality, and how high up the Angel was from whom you descended. So, each of your Traits will be different.”
“ Is it rare for someone to have more than one Trait?” Scarlett couldn’t help but ask. His gaze met hers, and a small smirk twitched upon his lips.
“ Normally, a Nephilim only develops one Trait, but in exceptional circumstances, more can develop,” he said. He trained his gaze on her. It almost burned a hole into her soul. And then she felt herself starting to burn.
Emer sat down next to Kat in the library.
“Kat, I need to talk to you,” she said impatiently. The other students in the library quickly shushed her.
“ Not here, though,” she continued, but quieter.
“ Okay,” replied Kat. She picked up her books, and the girls walked into a nearby classroom, closing the door behind them.
“ What’s wrong?” Kat asked when they were inside.
“ Okay, well, I kissed Joshua.”
“ Wow, that’s fabulous. Wait, why are you upset?”
“ Something bad happened when I did.”
“ How bad?”
“ I had a vision. About Scarlett.”
“ Whoa, slow down. You had a vision?”
“ Yeah. It just happened last night. I was going to tell you as soon as I could, but you were with Jacob,” she told her.
Kat ’s cheeks immediately flushed. “Sorry,” she replied, a little embarrassed.
“ No, it’s fine. You’re allowed to go on a date. How’d it go, by the way?”
“ Oh, it was more of a hanging out type of thing, not really a date. So, back to you. You had a vision after you kissed Joshua?”
“ No, during.”
“ Oh, no. How did he react?”
“ He was confused, I think. But I also spilled my hot chocolate that he made me and scalded myself. So he was a little preoccupied with that.”
“ Do you think Joshua caused the vision?”
“ That’s what I’m afraid of, Kat. What if he planted it in my head?” She was almost crying again. “What if he’s a Lucifite?”
Dyston wa s by Scarlett’s side in seconds. He immediately put out the flames with his hands.
“ Sorry,” she whispered.
“ Don’t apologise. There. It’s out,” he told her, smoothing out her hair, as well. Scarlett loved the feel of his touch, but was confused as to why her flames didn’t burn him. Maybe it was because he was the opposite, the ice to her fire. His touch made her ignite in more than just the physical sense, and she couldn’t handle it, couldn’t risk it. Dyston was already too close. She had to put some distance between them. Even though she didn’t want to, it would be for the greater good.
“ No, wait. I shouldn’t be the one apologising, you should. This happens
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