Belinda and I weren't the only girls there, but all the others seemed to be partnered up. Andrew hadn't turned up yet, so even though Belinda had the ...ppearance of a single girl, in reality I was just about the only one.Belinda was playing a game of Guess the Major with me; pointing out a more or less geeky guy and trying to guess his Major. Her knowledge of science was pretty limited, so I kept guessing ever more improbable and nerdy branches of mathematics and physics, making up. I climbed into the bed next to Hannah, and she asked, “So honey, what are you thinking? What is it you saw or heard that’s given you such a hang-dog expression?”It felt easy and comfortable talking to Hannah. I thought back to the first time I’d met her and how I’d thought her superficial, and I felt guilty about just how wrong I’d been. “It’s just, well, they seem so close. And it scares me. It excited me as well, but more than that, it frightens me and makes me worry about where things will. Under those circumstances, he thought that the repeating crossbow that Julie had designed so many years ago would be the ideal weapon for those with no experience with bows to use.Jeff wanted to set up an assembly line of sorts to make arrows for the three bows they had and to make crossbow bolts for the current weapon and the others that he proposed to make. He had long ago removed all of the brake cable from the car and there was plenty of it to make the bowstrings they needed. That. Great wings grew from their backs and large, insidious tails slithered from behind them. Their arms became large and muscular and their legs thick and stout. From their hands and toes grew large claws. From their maw grew thick, menacing, sharp teeth.She knew the word for what they were. It had been whispered in the religious texts. The O’lak-residere. The Soul Warriors, their souls so large and strong they were able to take other shapes.The term both terrified and yet fascinated her. That.