When I turned 13 years old a strange mark appeared on my left hand, a mark that no one could see. I looked it up and learned that way that I was marke... by Malak. With the mark came the powers and I was soon noticed by a wandering mage that insisted that I come to study at the Academy in Taranis the capital. I spent 5 years being hated by teachers and students both for being smarter than them and better than them. All right there was also this little disagreement about rules, morality and. I was not prepared, therefore, when Mrs. Harmon laughed. 'Ah, I've been wondering when this was going to happen. After last night, I wondered if it hadn't already."I must have looked confused. Mrs. Harmon laughed again. "I'm sorry, John. It's just that after you left last night I walked into Melissa's room to say good night. She was visibly nervous about me being there. Anyway, we had a wonderful talk. More like girlfriends than Mother/daughter."She paused and took a breath. "Part of me, the. As I returned to my apartment, my landlord's dog began barking and he turned his lights on to see what the commotion was all about. I managed to slip in with out being detected, I think! After that near miss it took me several nights to muster up the courage to venture out again, but once I had been out, I had to do it again. This time I wore the same denim skirt, a red sweater, tan pantyhose, and black low heel pumps. I walked up the street the other way, made a right turn walked up a. Following hisredundancy, he'd not bothered to have it cut and by now it comfortablyrested on his shoulders when it wasn't tied back in a ponytail. Up tonow, Richard had held onto the wig, firstly as it gave an instant andlow maintenance female style and secondly as he felt secure whenwearing it as if he was in disguise. Now, though, it was time to seewhat could be done with his own hair.As Richard closed the door behind him for the walk to the bus stop, hefelt more vulnerable than ever. In his.