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"They're like … bands of light around people, right? Some New Age thing?"<br />
"Something like that. Everyone has a sort of spiritual energy that radiates out from them. Well,<br />
almost everyone." His hesitation made me wonder if he was thinking of me and the darkness I<br />
allegedly walked in. "Based on the color and appearance, you can tell a lot about a<br />
person…well, if anyone could actually see auras, that is."<br />
"And you can," she said. "And you can tell I use spirit from my aura?"<br />
"Yours is mostly gold. Like mine. It'll shift with other colors depending on the situation, but the<br />
gold always stays."<br />
"How many other people out there like us do you know?"<br />
"Not many. I just see them every once in a while. They kind of keep to themselves. You're the<br />
first I've actually ever talked to. I didn't even know it was called 'spirit.' Wish I'd known about<br />
this when I didn't specialize. I just figured I was some kind of freak."<br />
Lissa held up her arm and stared, willing herself to see the light shining around it. Nothing. She<br />
sighed and let the arm drop.<br />
And that's when I got it.<br />
Adrian was a spirit user too. That was why he'd been so curious about Lissa, why he'd wanted<br />
to talk to her and ask about the bond and her specialization. It also explained a lot of other<br />
things—like that charisma I couldn't seem to escape when I was near him. He'd used<br />
compulsion that day Lissa and I had been in his room—that was how he'd forced Dimitri to<br />
release him.<br />
"So, they finally let you go?" Adrian asked her.<br />
"Yeah. They finally decided I really didn't know anything."<br />
"Good," he said. He frowned, and I realized he was sober for a change. "And you're sure you<br />
don't?"<br />
"I already told you that. I can't make the bond work that way."
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