"What the hell?" I gasped as I stared at my finger in amazement. Withina minute the cut had vanished entirely, leaving no sign that it had everbeen th...re besides a few drops of blood on the counter. "No way..."Of course I immediately thought of Marissa's first warning that I wasnow an Outsider myself. She'd told me that Outsiders healed pretty damnfast and I'd seen the evidence with my own eyes. I just hadn't reallyexpected anything like that from myself. I felt a strange mixture ofexcitement,. Looker who many of the girls wanted and his best friend Jeff was the most sought after boy in school. All the girls wanted Jeff and his long blond hair that went almost down to his waste and was prettier than any girl’s hair. Danny loved my Mom and my house. He was fascinated that we had all the simple things he loved on hand that his parents never seemed to buy. Just silly little things like honey or boxed Mac and cheese, he was always amazed we always had some. Danny did not have a car. -She may as well be dead to me.Her own words to Derek.The words stung and lashed her and she had no place to hide from them.She lay with the light on crying slow tears until they finally stopped.Most of the dream was fading, but not Sonya's tortured face. Not heraccusations.She felt her mind clear a little from the foggy aftereffects of thenightmare. She started to slowly unwind the sheets from around her legs.When she was finally clear, she moved her legs over the edge of the bedand rolled. Damage to the lock gates had resulted in traffic along the canal being at a standstill for three days. The authorities feared similar attacks could be made on any of the many canals that criss-cross England. This network of canals was a modern wonder of the world, where materials and manufactured goods flowed to and fro between factories and sea ports. The canals were the arteries of commerce and trade, and any attack upon them was seen as an attack upon the Kingdom itself.The authorities moved.