Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

?He?s your brother,? Helen said back.

Then she heard the door slam. Lucas had left the room. Helen

stood up and called after him, but she couldn?t leave the ring until

Hector, her dojo master for the day, dismissed her. She turned to

him and pleaded with her eyes.

?You may be safe for today, but you?re still in a lot of danger, you

know. I know you don?t like this, but you need to train. And anyway,

it would be better if you just let him start hating you now,

Helen,? he said heavily.

?What are you talking about?? she asked, surprised that Hector

could be so unfeeling.

?Then chase after him if you have to,? he said, looking away.

Helen bowed to him and ran out of the practice ring. ?But it will

only get harder,? he warned as she turned to close the door. She

slammed it behind her to make her point . . . though she didn?t exactly

know what that point was.

She ran outside and heard a deep thunking noise coming from

the tennis courts. She started to run and then realized that, duh,

she could fly. Leaping into the air, she looked down to see Lucas in

the tennis-courts-turned-arena, chucking spears at a target. He

saw her and took flight, meeting her in the air.

?Come on,? he said, taking her hand and looking down at a

couple of mortals on the nearly empty beach below them.

?Someone could still see us.?

They flew high, going north to Great Point where they could be

alone. They touched down on the soft sand around the lighthouse

and transitioned into two normal people walking on the chilly

beach, holding hands. Lucas was still silent after a few moments so

Helen decided to go first.

?You know we were all joking around, right? I wasn?t trying to