gh register.
?Are you trying to make me jealous or are you just so frustrated
that you?re already looking for someone else? Someone who?ll give
in to you?? He was so angry Helen could barely see him as he
began to blur himself out, but she was angry, too.
?I am NOT looking for anyone else!? she howled at him.
Lucas took an involuntary step back as he stared at the halo of
pale blue light crackling around Helen?s head and hands. Her lightning
didn?t seem to respond to Lucas?s light control, and as the
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distortions he created were thrown back by Helen?s metallic glow
he was forced to shade his eyes.
?Oh, boy,? she tittered nervously. She felt like she was going over
the top peak on a roller coaster?and she was just about to drop
down.
She threw an arm out to the side to steady herself. Lucas took a
step forward to grab on to her, but wisely stopped himself before
he touched her and got electrocuted. Then the blue light went out
like a switch had been turned off and Helen plopped onto the
ground like a half-baked soufflé.
?I feel awful,? she told him, a bewildered look on her face.
?Are you . . . grounded yet?? he asked her, practically vibrating
with worry.
Helen looked at the floor and giggled insanely as the electricity
running around her body tickled her brain.
?Nope. Linoleum,? she said, slapping the palm of her hand
against the nonconductive floor. Her vision swam in static. ?You
were r.r.right. I should have learned to u.u.use this.? She had to get
rid of the energy, stat.
?Luk.k.k. Run.n.n,? she said, her jaw jittering uncontrollably with