She hadn’t moved when he looked away and then looked back in her direction. He had looked directly at her, though to his eyes she had gone. One of the many talents she possessed was the ability to bend the light around her as if she was invisible. The trick was to remain absolutely still, which was no problem for her. Humans milled about the street, passing right by her in every direction. None could see her, yet none walked into her either. Through a subtle technique with her mind, she surrounded herself with an aura that gently nudged those nearby to step around. She couldn’t remember ever being as fascinated by a human as she was with these two. They would have died if she had not intervened the previous night, but the fact that they had so effectively fought off Jacob was no small thing. She honestly wasn’t sure whether or not the shaquora would have managed to kill them. Before Yako had intervened, it had looked like the other one, Daniel, might have been able to kill Jacob.
