The Zeuorian Awakening Read Free

down. She didn’t stop until they were safe inside the house and the front door had been dead bolted.
    Her mom bent over to catch her breath and asked Lexi, in between gasping for air, “Are you alright?”
    But Lexi wasn’t alright, far from it. Tears welled up in her eyes and she choked out, “He thought I was the spawn of the devil.”
    “He’s crazy, honey.” Her mom hugged her. “You’re not the devil.”
    “But he thought I would destroy everyone with my powers.”
    Her mom pulled away from Lexi and stared at her with wide eyes. The color had faded from her face and she swallowed hard before stuttering, “H-he k-knew you can read others minds?”
    “Yes. He saw me guessing cards with a boy in the store.”
    “Why didn’t you mention before you told a boy you can read minds?” Her mom grabbed her shoulders and squeezed them tight. “Lexi, how many times must I warn you, it’s not safe to tell anyone what you can do?”
    “But why?”
    “There are too many people like that man who can’t handle it and consider you’re a threat to them.”
    “They think I’m dangerous because I can read their minds?” She couldn’t believe it.
    “Yes and they’ll do anything to feel safe again, even kill you. I don’t ever want to lose you because other’s twisted fears.” Her mom hugged Lexi tight and kissed her forehead. “So please promise me to never tell another person about what you can do.”
    Lexi nodded her head and bit her lower lip until it bled. “I swear. I won’t ever tell another living soul about what I can do.”
    Oh, man, she regretted showing off her telepathy to the boy, but she never thought someone would actually try to kill her for being able to read minds. She won’t make that mistake ever again.
    Lexi steadied her trembling hands and continued to say to Angie, “I know there are people who would think what I can do is cool, like you, probably more than half the population on the world if I had to guess. But there are still a few who don’t. The more people I tell, the more likely those people will find out. I like to avoid another psycho trying to kill me. So for now, I prefer only Irene and you know what I can do and no one else.”
    “But what about—”
    “Especially not Tyler. I’m not interested in dating him and don’t want to share something that personal with him.”
    “I still think you should tell Tyler. He could be the one.”
    Lexi shook her head. Angie didn’t know when to give up, but she knew away to make her stop. She changed the subject. “Anyways, can you probe Tyler tomorrow and see if he saw me glowing in the water and knows my appearance changed?”
    “Okay,” Angie said with a sigh. “So how long are you going to ditch school?”
    “Maybe forever.” That sounded like a good idea at the moment. “I may graduate early and go to MIT. I already have enough credits and had been accepted to MIT this fall. I checked the college schedule and school hasn’t started yet. I should be able to get in this semester.”
    “And if you’re aunt doesn’t let you graduate early like she had this summer, when will you come back to school?”
    Angie had a point. She should consider the possibility Irene may refuse to let her attend MIT again. “I guess if that happened, I’ll wait a week and say I had a boob job and a makeover for my birthday. Hopefully by then Tyler would’ve forgotten what I had looked like when I walked by him on the beach.”

 
     
     
     
3 STRANGER
    “Wake up. You’re late,” Lexi heard Irene shout from the hall. She lifted her head from the desk and rubbed her eyes. Tyler’s Facebook page was still on the computer screen and there were no messages from him.
    Yes! He hadn’t noticed her glowing or transformed, but a part of her wondered why there were no posts from him. From what she could tell on his Facebook page, he normally responded immediately from his cell phone after someone posted a message to him.
    Well, whatever the