Grinning up at her, Callie shrugged. ‘I know, weird isn’t it? None of the other girls got it either. Sometimes I’m not sure that I get it.’ To...sing her hair, Callie waved it off. ‘It’s okay though. They just don’t understand my genius.’ Callie winked at Lacie then, letting the new girl know she was kidding. ‘I set out some clothes for you to look at. See what you like, and we can try some, and see what fits you. Tara’s room has a few full length mirrors, so we might be able to use her room for. Surprisingly enough you were born healthy, and although smaller then some, you never were any different than babes born at the right time. The midwife put it down as your mother not knowing when you were due, but I always knew that she infused you with life her finial gift to you. ‘I was not around to take you nor would I have known what I babe needed, so once your neighbors contacted your next of kin, you were given to them. They had known of your mother’s gifts, and tried to abuse them before. And then seventeenyears ago I met Cardurann Fire, Sabina's father.He was a dashing Rogue, and my mother didn't approve of him. Perhaps thatwas what drove me to grant him my favors between his trips out into theunknown. But I hadn't heard from him since just before I found out aboutbeing pregnant with Sabina.After that I gave up hope of finding a special man who could share mylife with me. Besides, no other Queen since Jada had ever been married totheir Mates.I returned just as the Archivists. As the days passed the troubles in the north grew and spread, the relationship souring between the government and the populace and every new day heralding further sources of discontent. The electricity supply failed for an hour on the day before the election, causing the children to abandon the house for the cooler patio.Two days before the election - and to Lauren's surprise - Nikki decided that she would curtail her holiday and take a flight back to Zurich three days later. Citing the trouble.