’ ‘Rainey, I’m not leaving.’ He knew it was true. He couldn’t walk away from her this time. Opening her eyes, she saw the truth in his and s...e grew anxious. ‘Why? Why can’t you just leave me alone?’ Her voice was frantic, panicked. Looking into her eyes, Aidan could see there was real fear in their depths, but not fear of him, more like a bone-deep wariness that matched his own. She’d haunted him for days now and she was so close to him, so tantalizingly close. ‘I wish I could,’ he murmured.. ’ They had entered the living room. Manuela turned slightly and grasped Nina’s hand to give it a quick squeeze. That little squeeze told her so much. ‘Would you like coffee?’ Before Nina could answer, the twins came rushing out of their room from a door to the left of her and Manuela. They were jumping up and down with smiles on their flushed faces. Nina was bombarded with tons of questions, she tried to answer as much of them as she could. They were in the kitchen now. The kids followed them. I saw my three attackers coming towards the school and turned to re-enter, but the doors locked as I exited. I quickly ran to another door, it too was locked, quickly I ran the length of the building to the far end. Thankfully the door was unlocked, I scampered in and tried to pull the door close. It would not lock, IK could see Charlie and Bruce as they rounded the corner. I stashed my books behind the radiator and took the stairs three at a time. I heard the door open and Bruce and Charlie. It wasn't the perfect curve of her lips but the way her eyes glowed when she looked at me."I got tested," I repeated. "The results arrived this morning." Tested for what, darling?" she asked putting the menu down. I looked out the window to avoid her eyes. She reached out to put her hand on top of mine."I'm EMC-Positive, Sarah," I whispered. Her hand pulled away; my nails dug into the box."The Institute started testing everyone at puberty over ten years ago, Michael," she insisted."An exception.