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“I’ve missed you,” Clayton said, interrupting her thoughts.

“I know. I’ve missed you too,” Cora said.

He tugged her close and she fell into his chest, circling her arms around his neck. He kissed her, his lips soft and gentle. Tonight they would take their time, take it slow, savor each other.

“I can’t wait to have you all to myself,” he whispered into her ear as he nibbled at her neck. “Sleep in the same bed. Wake up to your face every morning.”

“Soon,” she whispered against his shoulder. “Soon. But for now, I think I can find us a little privacy.”

She looked around to make sure no one was there, then raised her arm and brought the water to them, a wide rush of it, swirling around their bodies, forcing them closer.

“Cora, stop,” Clayton said. Something in his tone scared her.

She released the water instantly. It crashed into the rocks.

A twig snapped. There was movement in the trees, footsteps racing away.

Oh God.

Had she missed someone?

Had someone seen them?

Clayton kept hold of her hand as they ran, chasing the figure through the darkness. It was a woman. Cora could see her full skirt silhouetted in the moonlight. And she thought she recognized those blond curls.

“June, wait!” Cora called.

June turned back to look at them, her face frightened.

What had she done? They had to catch her, to explain, and hope that she’d understand.

Just then, June took a tumble. Her feet caught on something in the inky darkness and she went careening into a tree.

No. Not into a tree.

Through it.

Cora blinked. Clayton stopped running. June was in a patch of clear moonlight. She was sure her eyes hadn’t been playing tricks. June had just fallen
through
a tree—right through it as though it was made of air.

Cora and Clayton looked at each other—their eyes communicating, confirming what they had just seen. He’d seen it too, she knew he had.

They walked toward her, splayed out on the other side of the wide-trunked oak.

“June?” Clayton asked. He crouched next to her. “Did you just …?”

Cora knelt beside him and placed a hand on Clayton’s arm. “You did, didn’t you? You’re like us.”

All this time they had wondered. How could they have been the only ones? It didn’t seem probable, and yet no one else had shown any signs. But June, right here, having done what she just did, was all the confirmation they needed.

There were more.

If June could do this—go through trees—then perhaps there were many more.

Cora reached for Clayton’s hand and squeezed it tight.

They weren’t alone.

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