LOGINRIN POVThe safe house Vex secured was not big enough for two hundred people but we made it work anyway. Bodies filled every room and hallway and some people ended up sleeping outside in tents because there was nowhere else to put them. The logistics were a nightmare but at least everyone was alive and free and that had to count for something.I found a quiet corner and sat down and let the exhaustion hit me all at once. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing somewhere on the other side of the building. We were both running on empty but there was too much to do to actually rest.Maya appeared with food that I did not remember asking for and sat down next to me. "You look terrible.""I feel worse than I look.""That is impressive considering how you look." She pushed the plate toward me. "Eat something or Thorne will yell at me for not taking care of you."I ate because she was right and because I needed the energy. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing and i
RIN POVThe safe house Vex secured was not big enough for two hundred people but we made it work anyway. Bodies filled every room and hallway and some people ended up sleeping outside in tents because there was nowhere else to put them. The logistics were a nightmare but at least everyone was alive and free and that had to count for something.I found a quiet corner and sat down and let the exhaustion hit me all at once. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing somewhere on the other side of the building. We were both running on empty but there was too much to do to actually rest.Maya appeared with food that I did not remember asking for and sat down next to me. "You look terrible.""I feel worse than I look.""That is impressive considering how you look." She pushed the plate toward me. "Eat something or Thorne will yell at me for not taking care of you."I ate because she was right and because I needed the energy. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing and i
RIN POVThe safe house Vex secured was not big enough for two hundred people but we made it work anyway. Bodies filled every room and hallway and some people ended up sleeping outside in tents because there was nowhere else to put them. The logistics were a nightmare but at least everyone was alive and free and that had to count for something.I found a quiet corner and sat down and let the exhaustion hit me all at once. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing somewhere on the other side of the building. We were both running on empty but there was too much to do to actually rest.Maya appeared with food that I did not remember asking for and sat down next to me. "You look terrible.""I feel worse than I look.""That is impressive considering how you look." She pushed the plate toward me. "Eat something or Thorne will yell at me for not taking care of you."I ate because she was right and because I needed the energy. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing and
RIN POVThe safe house Vex secured was not big enough for two hundred people but we made it work anyway. Bodies filled every room and hallway and some people ended up sleeping outside in tents because there was nowhere else to put them. The logistics were a nightmare but at least everyone was alive and free and that had to count for something.I found a quiet corner and sat down and let the exhaustion hit me all at once. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing somewhere on the other side of the building. We were both running on empty but there was too much to do to actually rest.Maya appeared with food that I did not remember asking for and sat down next to me. "You look terrible.""I feel worse than I look.""That is impressive considering how you look." She pushed the plate toward me. "Eat something or Thorne will yell at me for not taking care of you."I ate because she was right and because I needed the energy. Through the bond I felt Thorne doing the same thing and i
RIN POVAnd then the death threats started coming in. People calling us abominations. Demanding we be locked up. Saying we were dangerous and should be eliminated before we hurt someone. The hate was immediate and vicious and exactly what I had been afraid of.Through the bond I felt Thorne's anger mixing with hurt and I squeezed his hand. "Ignore them. They are scared because they do not understand.""They should be scared," someone said through the network. "We are dangerous. That is what they made us.""We are only dangerous if we choose to be," I said out loud so everyone could hear. "They gave us abilities but we decide how to use them. And I vote we use them to help people instead of hurting them.""How exactly do we help people when everyone is afraid of us," Sera asked."We show them they do not need to be afraid. We find ways to use these abilities for good and we prove that being enhanced does not make us monsters."It sounded naive even as I said it but through the network
RIN POVThe morning came too fast and I woke to find Thorne still asleep beside me with his arm thrown across my chest and the bond humming quietly between us. Through the network I could feel the others stirring in their rooms and I knew we only had a few more minutes of peace before reality crashed back in.I did not move because I wanted to memorize this moment. Thorne's face relaxed in sleep without the constant tension he carried when awake. The warmth of his body against mine. The way the bond felt when he was completely at ease and not fighting against everything.But then Maya's presence flickered through the network with sharp anxiety and I knew something was wrong. I carefully extracted myself from Thorne's grip and pulled on clothes and followed the bond connection to where Maya was standing in the main hall with Vex and several others gathered around a computer screen."What happened," I asked."Your father survived the explosion," Vex said without looking up. "Security fo







