Chapter 5

Chapter 5

“Hold your concentration,” Melissa was telling Erin as Thomas walked quietly into the training gym. Both girls were standing on the far side of the gym, right at the edge of the pool. He stared as he watched Melissa at work. She sure did know how to train a new recruit. Pale winter sunlight filtered through the glass greenhouse that enclosed and warmed that end of the gym. A single beam of sunlight rested on Erin for a moment as the December clouds outside broke, and her face glowed with a tranquillity he had never seen. He was taken aback slightly at her beauty, and her calmness. She was, at this moment, the perfect embodiment of everything the Light hoped to accomplish. His breath caught in his throat, all other thoughts gone except how much she looked like the Light itself.

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Erin walked quietly past all of the other students on their way to the lunchroom. She didn’t want to attract attention, not after last night. She had no way of knowing who belonged to which side. Sure, Aryn’s memories offered some ways of telling Shadow and Light from neutral, but they also guaranteed that if she used her powers to do so, they’d all be all over her. So, she was just lying low as Ryan had advised.

Ryan. She smiled. She liked the junior with the friendly manner and sense of unswayable purpose. He was exactly the kind of guy she could confide in. He was probably far too nice to be a good leader in battle, but she would follow his advice in matters of between battles.

She stepped into the cafeteria and ran into Samantha Reynolds, her best friend since sixth grade. Now, she even suspected Samantha. This wasn’t right. She shouldn’t be suspicious of her best friend! “Hey, Erin,” Sam greeted her as always. “How’s it going?”

“I’ve been better,” Erin replied quite honestly.