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[b][color=#9B111E]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home - Chicago, IL
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I tilt my head as Caden explains it to me and a grin forms when he says ones of the cords is now mine. [color=#9B111E]“Wait, you have a connection to Cassi? How? Will I be connected to her too, then?”[/color] I ask, tilting my head the other way. For once, I’m not jealous of their relationship, but that could also be because it’d been a few days without seeing her. 

Everything Caden said was beyond interesting and I’m dying to discuss it more. Closing my eyes, I try to remember the warm soup feeling I had experienced when Caden and I started the bonding out in the gazebo. That doesn’t lead to anything however, so I reopen my eyes to peer at Caden instead. 

Mika and Luci choose that moment to come running into the music room to say hi to us. Mika is sniffing me a bunch, something unusual for her. Could she tell that Caden and I had bonded? She pauses in her smell quest to look at me as if saying, ‘Duh’. 

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[center][h1][color=F7941D]Nicholas “Nic” Wu[/color][/h1]
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I frown, but take several steps back and out of the circle she’s created. When she comes by to kiss my cheek and explain, I feel a little better. Nodding, I give the area a wide berth, not wanting to disrupt the spell. 

When the wind picks up, I’m reminded of the kiss we had in the nature preserve and watch in wonder as the sand stays put. A glow emits from the sapphire as Cass approaches the fountain and steps into it. I swear I can hear chimes, but I can’t quite figure out where the sound is coming from. When Cass steps into the fountain, I’m glad I had grabbed a few towels and put them in the SUV. Hopefully this time we can get her a little closer to dry. 

The sand circle disappears and I raise an eyebrow, looking at Cass to see if it’s over. At her words, I close the distance between us and hug her close. [color=F7941D]“I’m so glad you weren’t hurt this time.”[/color] I tell her honestly.

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[center][h1][color=FFF79A]Kimiko “Kiki” Voss[/color][/h1]
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Unable to look Avery in the eye, I almost don’t catch his staring. I flush, not believing what I’m seeing when Avery agrees to go swimming. For a moment he doesn’t move and I hold my breath, waiting to see if he’s going to do something, but then he just storms off. I frown as I watch him leave before I grab the towel from where I had hidden it and head into the house. What the hell was that?

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