I couldn’t mistake it. That was the pink of a lover's mark.
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“Oh…you saw it,” he said.
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He looked disappointed and moved his hand to cover it. Why was he ashamed? No one sees lovers, but they are always referred to as the second best.
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“Can you explain why you can talk?” I asked out loud,
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“You may want to sit down. It’s a bit scary,” he warned.
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Scary? Why was he talking to me like I was five? I surely could handle whatever he tried to say to me. But considering past experiences I sat down on my grey couch waiting for this information. Though it seemed like he wanted me to start this conversation.
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“Okay simple question, how did you get into this mess and why am I now part of it?” I asked.
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He made a face. Not one that looked like it was about to give me answers either. So I changed my question again. But since my throat was starting to hurt I asked him through his head.
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“What’s your name?”
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Apparently, another wrong way to ask a question. Instead of a clear answer, he gripped his head in pain. I guess I needed to stop doing that. So I waited until he seemed to stop the pain or whatever was happening to him.
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“Please don’t do that,” he said through his teeth.
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Finally, something was said. I still wanted to know at least something about this man so I tried again using my new voice.
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“Do you have a name?”
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He nodded. I didn’t want him to nod, I wanted him to tell me his name.
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“Can you tell me your name?”
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He answered and told me his name was Jace. But even that looked hard for him to do. I felt like I was cruel asking for more information. I had to though. If I wanted to stay alive or if he wanted me not to turn him into those people from earlier. So I pressed on again.
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“Why can you speak?”
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It needed to be answered. He was a lover. Lovers don’t talk. Though no one’s ever met another lover. They are one of the least-known groups here. They only stay in the dark areas and if you have met one you didn’t know. They were famous for only coming out of their sector at night when no one else is around.
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“Because lovers can talk,” Jace said, breaking me from my thoughts.
They could talk? How? Why? Why did none of us know? My mind was reeling with the information the Ultimites seemed to hide from us. It made me wonder if some talkers were just lovers in disguise.
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“But it’s only certain times. When we are doing our job,” he continued.
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“How can you talk now then?” I asked.
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Maybe it was silly to ask. No one knew how lovers did their job only that they made more of us. When someone new came about it was always from the lover's sector.
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“I don’t want to say. Don’t you want to know the answer to your first question anyways? About my mess,” he said rubbing his neck.
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I guess he didn’t want to talk about it. Hopefully, they didn't do anything bad. But if the ultimates didn’t want us to know I guess we shouldn’t. Snapping me from my thoughts again, Jace started explaining everything.
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