Chapter 20

“When you saved people,” Mara said, “you pulled on our power. That kind of power. No silly little human laws and limits.”

“It felt like I broke something,” Justin said. His hair curled itself, untamed and eloquent. A salamander came over and sat on his left boot, a coal-black scrap radiating heat into the air. He tugged Kris closer. “Something inside me. And then it…I don’t know. It healed differently. More open. I don’t know how long this’ll last, but it’s like…like champagne. Sparklers. Dark chocolate. Greatsex. Kissing you, Kris, when you’re projecting everything and what we’re feeling gets doubled and tripled and…I don’t know what I can do right now.”