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rs old the da

it was just me, my mom, and my dad. Joe, my stepdad, and a

e first vacation we had ever been on as a famil

e pool, laughing as we enjoyed ourselves. It

my dad. After school every day, I went straigh

attention on me. Something always came up. Dad was de

eir undivided attention on

nd was getting ready to toss me back into

od there, staring at me, breathing deeply like he

ild. There was something about him that d

and piercing, dark-blue eyes-so d

by him. I felt as if he had hypnot

e grabbed my arm and tugg

s stranger was dragging me away from my parents without exp

I noticed about Ace was the sparks. Everywhere he touc

in confusion. How is he doing that? Doe

er waded forward. He put a hand on

go of me. In fact, his

think you're doing

r, seeming to darken in color.

crashing into Ace's chest, and he wrapped his arms around me an

in

any, many times I would

and I could tell he had n

o, but I didn't. I was too tak

d to feel the sparks on my face. I giggled whe

emotion I couldn't quite m

ont of Ace and me, stepping up to my parents. I wo

their hands out in front of themselves when m

ng, there was too much noise around us for me to h

y hand in his again, and

sparks were getting stronger, spreading a strange but

to my face to inspect them

grip. "Don't pu

ust wanted to know why your

ar away from most people. He stopped and tur

said as if it were the most obv

gether. "Uh, wha

at me in

ll go back to my pare

idn't actually want to go back to my parents but

nd dad. They were still ta

"You're going to stay

you want to play

't respond. He was t

ay

name?" I as

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omewhere with the dude. "I'm Doro

cowl disappeared, and a sma

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ook. "Why do you kee

e you a