Cadence was falling, and there was nothing in the world anyone could do about it. For all of their superpowers, their strength, speed, power, ability to heal, or make things fly, no one was close enough or could react fast enough to save her.

She hung in the air for a moment as Aaron watched, frozen, staring into each other’s eyes, before she started to plummet. He didn’t see fear there, though. Only regret—and sorrow. She’d taken it a step too far, pushed a little too hard, ...