CALIFF

"What's wrong? I can feel your sudden anxiousness."

Shadow was edgy. I felt it through our bond. When she turned around, she was holding the pendant of her necklace. The last time I saw it, it was blue, and now it changed to a liquid red.

"Are you okay?" I asked again when she hadn't responded to me. Her eyes were wide, somewhat shocked.

"Um, yeah. You were calling me?"

"Yeah. I want you to meet my dad."

"Oh." She blushed. Her hand on her heart. "Of ...