I threw myself on my bed.I was now even more confused about my sister. She’d just outright lied to me. Twice. In my book, that meant she had sided w...ith the enemy in excluding me, but I couldn’t yet damn her for eternity, because I wasn’t sure of the facts. Maybe she was conflicted, or under some kind of coercion. Perhaps she had fought my corner, but been outvoted, and being the loyal daughter she was, agreed to keep Mom and Dad’s secret?Fuck! That was something else I hadn’t properly. .. and marrying the choir director." The Rev. Thomas looked straight at Martin, who despite his pain, was smiling. He was thinking back to one of the happiest times in his life. His romance with Evelyn had been something out of a 1940s movie, he thought. Picnics and long walks and rowboat trips and country fairs. Within just a few weeks, they knew they were meant to spend the rest of their lives together, and on bended knee, he proposed. "I was lucky enough to perform their wedding ceremony,". Once this is all over I'll be happy to answer all of your questions. The short version is that after that drive-by shooting at my school, we learned that my genetics are different from other peoples. We are still trying to get a full understanding of what is happening, but what we know is that my brain is significantly more active than the normal brain, and my muscles are much more efficient." So you have what..." Marcus asked, "superpowers?"Everyone seems to jump right to the superpower. ‘It is as I swore. Nothing more, nothing less.’ Othoyme moved down from his throne and took hold of her hands, looking deeply into the silver eyes of the Heiress. ‘I have been a fool, underestimating you so greatly, not only your power, but your resolve. Even if you were lacking, you would have died trying.’ ‘Fortunate that I was not lacking,’ Tivanosa replied flippantly, her tone regal and confident. ‘However, still am I ignorant as to the true extent of my power. It seems very great indeed..