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LeahThe shadows poured from me like a dam breaking.They moved with purpose, wrapping around my hand as I pressed my palm flat against the rune on my chest. The glow pulsed against my skin, resisting, the magic that forged it clinging to me like something alive. It burned cold.Get it off. Get it off, now.I pushed harder. The shadows sank into the rune like fingers prying open a lock, finding the edges of the magic, pulling at the seams. The glow flickered and stuttered. I felt Andromeda surge forward inside me, her power flooding into my hands, into the shadows, amplifying them with something that made the rune scream.Not a sound, but a burning vibration.I ripped it free.

 LeahI woke up to the sound of something exploding.My body jerked upright, shadows instinctively rising from my skin before my brain caught up with my surroundings. I was in my bedroom. Sunlight pouring through the windows. And Keanu, sprawled across the armchair in the corner with his legs draped over the side, a bowl of cereal balanced on his stomach, watching television.The explosion had come from whatever movie he was streaming on the flatscreen mounted to the wall. A car chase, from the looks of it. He was completely absorbed, his spoon halfway to his mouth, milk dripping onto his shirt without him noticing.I let the shadows sink back beneath my skin and pressed my palm to my forehead. My body felt like it had been filled with sand. It felt heavy and sluggish. Every musc

 Leah“You just got shell in the batter.”“Calcium.”“That's not how that works.”“It is in my kitchen.”“This is my kitchen.”“Our kitchen.”We fell into a rhythm. He measured sugar with approximate accuracy. I sifted flour and tried not to micromanage his technique, which was generous in spirit and chaotic in execution. He found chocolate chips in a cabinet and poured half the bag directly into his mouth before adding the rest to the bowl.“Those were for the cookies.”