Anmarie walked over to the girl, whispering in her ear. "They won't leave, and they keep bickering like a married couple, I feel like a marriage counselor."

Kaine glanced at the Goddesses. "They're celestial beings: they can hear you."

"Just help me."

Rolling her eyes the fledgling looked at Nyx, with a smile. "What did you need from me?"

They both sighed, speaking in unison. "I just wanted to talk to Anmarie and then she showed up."

Kaine nodded a few times, looking very done. "What did you need to speak to her about?"

"You."

"Then how is that not wanting something from me?"

Both of them shrugged and continued glaring at each other. Kaine pinched the bridge of her nose as she glanced at Anmarie.

"I think you're on your own like this." When Anmarie looked like the Warrior-ess had just threatened to shove her in a tank of unfed sharks, Kaine sighed and turned back to the pair of Goddesses. "Alright, Nyx, what did you need to speak to Anmarie about?"

"I wished to warn her impending danger to you, her, and the entire city that Xia has brought."

"Okay, well, I'll let Anmarie take care of impending doom…" She then turned to Xia. "And you?"

"I wanted to talk to you about the book, but you didn't have the book when I showed up."

Kaine frowned. The book. The book that she left Tilla and Eden. "W-What book?"

Xia got up as Anmarie and Nyx were looking at the teen suspiciously. She took Kaine's arm and led her downstairs and outside. Kaine struggled until they got down the stairs, then was very glad when she saw Cleo and Circe had left.

"So, what do you think of the book so far?" Xia asked as she leaned against the tall concrete wall that separated the House of Night from the City of Baltimore.

Kaine stared at her, shaking her head. "Why can only I read it?"

"It's the divine language. Every God can choose one mortal soul to read it." Xia smiled. "Many of us choose not to because we forget that speaking it to many of you would make your mortal body explode."

"And Nyx chose Tilla. I thought Eden was her errand girl!" Kaine rubbed her neck.

"No. Only your mortal soul has the ability currently, were it whole, it would be strong enough to maintain the vessel upon hearing or speaking it."

"What do you mean?"

"There's a chapter about souls in the book. You should go read it." Planting a peck on Kaine's lips, Xia somehow swung over the wall, disappearing.

Groaning, the fledging walked back to her dorm. The book was back on her desk and Kimi was glancing at it like it was swearing at her. Kaine opened it, scanning the first few pages, grimacing at the warnings and some of the titles listed in the table of contents.

Kimi was now staring at Kaine like she had grown a tree out of her head. "Kaine…"

Looking at her roommate, the Mirror frowned. "What's wrong Kimi-Kimi?"

"What is that book?"

"I-It's… it's like… from Xia. I'm supposed to read it." She took a shaky breath. "According to her… Only I can read it currently… b-but Tilla…"

"Y-Yeah… her and Eden showed us the one page…"

Kaine paled. "The page about w-what happened to me?" Kimi nodded and the Mirror went back to the book.

After reading the section on mortal souls, she shut the book and glanced at Kimi. "H-Hey, come here for a second." Giving her a weird look, the normal fledgling walked over as Kaine held up her hand.

"What are…" She put her hand, fingers closed, flat up against Kaine's hand, locking her fingers so Kaine couldn't flex her own. "What?"

Nodding slightly, Kaine got up without explanation, going through the bathroom to Cleo and Circe room. She walked up to her Priestess and held out her hand. As Circe stared at her in confusion, she reached out and separated Kaine's pinky with her own in a promise.

Again Kaine left without any words and burst into Tilla and Eden's room. She held her hand out to Tilla, like she had before. Tilla grasped Kaine's hand, without intertwining their fingers. Kaine took a few deep breaths. "Well… that explains a lot."

Using the hand hold as leverage, she pulled Tilla up and led her down and outside behind the dorms.

"Kaine, what the hell are you doing?" Tilla demanded, taking her hand back.

"Testing." Kaine rubbed her hand and stared into space. "You and I are the only people that can read that book, on this whole planet."

"What?! That's impossible!"

Kaine shook her head. "What I was testing is soul connections."

"What?"

"Mortal souls are flexible, but can't be broken. There are people that can cut them though…" Taking a deep breath, she continued. "Ours was cut."

"Cut? Ours? What?"

"There's a part I read… Xia told me to… It explains all the ways souls can be connected. There's twins, mates, bonds, supporters, and what we are, literally two halves of a whole."

"I still don't understand."

"Xia and Nyx keep telling me I'm strong, but I'm not as strong as I truly am because I'm only a part!" Kaine threw her hands up and took Tilla's shoulders. "You get it, I can see it in your head."

Tilla frowned. "Damn mind reader."

"Kimi makes our soul stronger with hers… and we're bonded to Circe, who has an identical soul as Cleo, and I'm not really sure ho-… oh, that's how huh?"

Blushing, she pulled away. "It's a little crush. Don't go jumping to conclusions that her and I are soulmates or something dumb." Punching Kaine weakly, she sighed. "How is Cleo and Circe's situation different than ours?"

"They're just the same at the unchangeable core… or something… you and I, we're different because we're two halves. A-and if one of dies, apparently, if we let it, we get the other half."

Paling, Tilla shook her head. "What do you mean?"

"It was unclear about that…" Kaine sighed. "Are you going to tell her, Eden?"

"No! I mean, if we're two halves of a whole, it wouldn't mean much now…" She sighed too. "What are you going to do?"

Kaine shrugged, walking off to the males' dorms.