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Mateo groaned as he flopped back onto the bed He’d stayed up for hours past the point when his father would think he was asleep--late enough that the alar to seriously hurt--but maybe this way he wouldn’t drea about Nadia, it was just another kind of torture

He’d known from his dreams that she was beautiful, with the kind of quiet beauty that ht away He’d known she would have enormous dark eyes and a heart-shaped face Some of the dreams had even told him what the heavy silk of her hair would feel like in his hands

So ht die

Why did I stop for her today? The teh Mateo knew better None of the drea on a motorcycle, so that was probably safe, he’d decided Everything had turned out fine But ould he er?

If the dreams showed him there when she died, and he refused to be anywhere near her, then Nadia would be okay At least, none of those dreaed his blanket over his head, closed his eyes, and willed hier He’d done that at least a dozen tih, he was finally exhausted enough for it to work He fell asleep

And dreas were so ray swirls Nadia drifted above hi out all around In that first instant, Mateo could only think how a to Earth--until he saw the chains

Were they chains? Whatever they were they were heavy, and dark, and wrapped around her ankles Nadia was reaching upward, her fingertips straining toward soht, but she couldn’t escape

Nadia’s eyes met his, a silent plea for hirabbed the chains, but they were loose, slippery, and they fell fro, desperate for air His head buzzed and his ears rang; Mateo realized he’d been holding his breath in his sleep

The next day, in chenore It would be rude to ignore a classiven you a ride home, not to o But she was going to be friendly A just-friends kind of friendly That was how you treated a guy who had a girlfriend

Yet she knew the minute he walked in Her head lifted from her lab table at that moment, her eyes drawn to Mateo as if by some irresistible force Whatever it was, he felt it, too; their gazes met, and in that first second, she couldn’t even breathe

Nadia broke the glance, though, and Mateo went quickly to his lab table, where Elizabeth aiting for him

She pushed aside her disappointical power she felt within this rooht Buried deep under the foundation of the school--so there’s no chance I can find out what it is