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d murder?" Ha

r and may have even killed her." The firm resolve in

ze whenever we willed it but that was the most basic of rights given to us by our creator. Those of us who were slightly more evolved, were gifted with either one or multiple skills. I had to power t

ers?" Hannah's voi

led at hiding the sm

," she c

y powers for 100 years. I can't even bring my

r story and then

ld practice until I was blue in the face. A

monument. I couldn't bring myself to return home to face my family. Just as

swift. I had been followed by Watchers who had reported everything back to the elders. They knew what ha

onsulted with two elders. I still rememb

t back thousands of years. In our world, in our courts, no-one had the right to speak unless spoken to by this authoritative figure. "You have been sentenced to one-thousand

upright. Behind them, my two brothers stood somberly, their faces etched in pain. I had brought great shame to my father. How he c

ifeline when she first got married. They bound me to it in a short ritual and I had two minutes to bid my family a farewe

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w dimension that had been long forgotten. I had learned more from his words in our last two meetings than I had ever learnt in all my years of traditional schooling. His world

species in our universe. Although Vazar's people were far superior to ours, he didn't have an ounce of arrogance instead his story revealed his character to be kind-hearted and protective. It warmed me to know he was the kind of person who would

ed to ask him a few more questions to unde

ny years ha

o." He sounded forlorn. "I don't know how

e there?" I jutted my

before answering. "D

you move more tha

ike I hit a glass window

o even form a relationship? How would we meet up and share experiences together? He couldn't even leave the room

t impossible to change our scenery, which meant we would not enjoy the normal things other couples enjoy. No dinner dates, movie nights or long walks

t?" The sweetness in Vazar's voi

either carry on as we are or end it now. There wasn't any point in me