James had found out more than he thought he would be able to. The book had talked about psychic connections between people's minds. Some of it was a psychic connection, but not all of it.

The next section of the book talked about the connections of minds with siblings. James paused, even though he knew without a shadow of a doubt that he didn't have a sibling.

The book went on to say that this didn't always apply to siblings. Sometimes, it was just a connection between strangers. Out of all the random connections between people, 90% of them got married and never got divorced.

James made a disgusted noise and closed the book, not ready to think about love. But not long after he closed the book, he thought about how beautiful Serenia was. He stayed in that dreamlike daze for about ten minutes before his father came crashing into the library. 

"There you are! I have been looking all over for you, boy!" his father grabbed his arm roughly.

"Shh!" the librarian hissed harshly, "This is a library!"

Larry glared at the librarian as he dragged his son to the truck, "I knew you were keeping something from me! That girl is an ice skater!" 

James lightly gasped, but turned away, so his dad wouldn't see his face, "I...I didn't know that." 

"Don't lie to me, you devil!" his dad roared angrily.

There was no arguing now. His dad believed James knew, and he was going to pay for it. James flinched, not for his future pain, but for the scars that would show up, unexplained, on Serenia's back...