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fingers began to move as if some unknown force was guiding them. Before I knew it I was playing.

      It sure didn’t sound like my first time playing a piano; it sounded as though I had been playing for years. There was a shocked silence in the room as my fingers worked their magic.

      I closed my eyes. I didn’t need to see the keys. It was as if my body was moving on its own accord. I wasn’t sure when it happened or how long I had been playing but quite suddenly I heard a faint whisper entered my mind. For horrible moment I thought it was the voice of Eli, but then the voice whispered again.

      “Amadeus.”

      It was the velvet voice of Victoria.

      “Where are you?” I thought.

      If I hadn’t already conversed with Eli in this manner I probably would have spoken aloud.

      “Next door.”

      “Then how—”

      “It’s the music.”

      “That’s impossible.”

      “Not for us.”

      Even though there was so much still wrong with this picture. I had to admit I liked the way she said “us.”

      She giggled.

      It was nice to hear it again.

      Camilla and Nyssa had nice laughs too, but Victoria’s was almost heavenly.

      I felt her embarrassment. Then I felt her regret.

      “I’m sorry,” she thought.

      “For what?”

      “For being so rude the other day.”

      “Oh.”

      I hadn’t forgotten the total 180 she had pulled on me.

      “I do actually like you Amadeus.”

      I felt the truth in her words.

      “I know,” I thought back before I could stop myself.

      What the hell was I doing? How was it that I could feel her feelings? How could I suddenly know what she was thinking? Was I going insane? Was my desire for her so great that I was beginning to hallucinate?

      “You’re not going crazy Amadeus,” she thought in a soothing voice, “But I can’t tell you more than that.”

      “Why not?”

      “I-I—”

      I got the feeling that she was on the verge of letting something slip when Eli’s heavenly voice cut in.

      “Victoria,” he thought warningly.

      Alarm suddenly filled Victoria’s mind, and next second she was gone.

      “You again?” I thought sourly.

      Was my music responsible for this?

      “Nope,” he thought amusedly, “My magic is much stronger than the bond you two share.”

      “The bond we share?”

      “That’s right.”

      “And I take it that you’re not going to elaborate on that,” I grumbled.

      “Nope.”

      Figures.

      “So if you’re not going to give me any answers,” I thought irritably, “what do you want?”

      “I just wanted to make sure that Victoria keeps her mouth shut.”

      My anger swelled like a tidal wave.

      “What’s it to you?”

      “Everything,” he thought and the sincerity of his voice brought me up short. “Knowing too much too soon is a dangerous thing, especially for you. And your wellbeing is my prime concern.”

      My mind went blank with surprise at this last part.

      No one had ever said anything like that to me before. But as nice as those words were to hear I couldn’t ascertain whether or not there was any truth to them. At least with Victoria I could feel if I was being lied to.

      “You’re going to have to trust me Amadeus.”

      I scowled.

      “Trust doesn’t come easily for me.”

      “I know.”

      I was going to ask how he knew when I stopped myself.

      “Let me guess,” I thought dryly, “Your magic?”

      “Yes.”

      I wondered what else he had the power to do.

      “Much,” he thought, with a touch of amusement in his voice.

      “Like?”

      “I will show you tonight.”

      I frowned.

      I really hated all this secrecy. But it seemed I had no choice but to wait until sundown.

      “Alright,” I sighed, “I will hold off on my questions until tonight.”

      “I’ll meet you at your dorm,” he thought assuredly.

      “You’d better,” I shot back with a little menace.

      He snorted and then was gone. I then quickly brought an end to the song I was playing and opened my eyes.

      I was startled to see that the class was full. An elderly woman stood framed in the doorway. She had been stunned into silence and she wasn’t alone; the whole class was looking at me with a strange sort of awe.

      Was my playing really that good?

      I got to my feet and the elderly woman began clapping followed by the rest of the class. Behind her I could see other adults clapping as well.

      Just how many people had been listening?

      I gave a slight bow and went back to my seat. Whispers and stares followed me the entire way. As soon as I sat down, Nyssa leaned over and whispered in my ear.

      “That was beautiful.”

      Lindsay was speechless. So was Camilla and Stephanie. The elderly woman was making her way to the front of the class. Evidently she was the professor. But I hardly registered this fact. My mind was a million miles away. I was thinking about Victoria, Eli and all the things that were still a mystery to me. I could only hope that some of those mysteries would be solved tonight.

      While I brooded, the time sped by. Class ended with me not taking in a single word. I barely heard the professor when she asked me how long I had been playing piano. I lied and said ten years. I really wanted to be alone so I could ponder all the mysteries that surrounded me. However, the day wasn’t yet over; I still had P.E left. Thankfully, the time passed swiftly.

      There was, however, one drawback: I shared this class with Jason Cole. And from the way he was eyeing me, it was obvious that he wasn’t going to forgive me for taking his girl.

      Still feeling a bit guilty, I tried to apologize to the guy after class. But he threw it back in my face vowing that he would “get even,” whatever that meant.

      Before I knew it the day had come to a close and I was back in my room. Lying on my bed I stared at the ceiling as I waited for Eli to arrive. It wasn’t long before I drifted off to sleep.

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      A tapping on my room window roused me from my nightmare-plagued slumber. I sat up and heard the sound of several crystal tears hitting the floor.

      At least there was no blood this time.

      Sunlight was still flooding my room through the window which told me that I hadn’t been sleeping long. In fact, when I looked

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