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him to know that Nate is so understanding and accepting of everything, and yet still a mortal,” I volunteer.
    “ That just may be the way to do this,” she agrees with relief. “I have plans with him...in about an hour. Why don’t you and Nate come with me? No better time than now. I think he should know before the battle; plus I should probably get this over with, before I lose all my nerve.”
    “ Great. I can finally talk to a buddy about this,” Nathanial interjects.
    “ What am I? Just some scary old vampire , I guess,” Alexander jokes.
    Nathanial smirks. “Yeah, you’re absolutely terrifying.”
    We all know he just wants someone to talk to that’s in the same situation as him, or at least a similar situation. Being in love with a supernatural being must be difficult. This way Matt and Nathanial can rely on one another for support when things are out of their control. I also feel that it adds safety to the situation for Nathanial, because now there will be two mortals that know about us. It protects him in a sense; with Matt knowing what is going on, they can keep one another from interfering.

 
    Chapter 6
    Confiding
     
    Ebony, Nathanial, and I walk into her family’s manor and try to get comfortable. We need to prepare to let another mortal into our secret world. I can only hope that for Ebony’s sake Matt can handle this information.
    “ Matt will be here shortly. I don’t even know where to start,” Ebony starts to freak out about spilling her secret to Matt.
    She loves him and is scared to lose him, while on the other end, Nathanial is excited because he really doesn’t know much about witches . He’s asked me in the past to explain more of the history, but now he’ll have more of his questions answered first hand, from the witch’s mouth.
    Matt is right on time…he’s always very punctual. Nathanial gets up and greets him at the door. Ebony and I just remain in the family room, while I continue to try to get her to relax. We can hear the boys bantering; I can hear every word, breathe and movement as if I was right next to them.
    “ Hey there bro, nice to see you,” Matt says. I hear their hands slap together and whoosh through the air as he shakes hands with Nathanial.
    I’ve learned to control my hearing, but when I allow myself to listen I can hear the slightest movement. I can hear both the sound of their hands clapping as they grip and a swooshing sound as they move their clasped hands though the air. To anyone else they might just hear a light clap, but to me it sounds like thunder clapping and a tidal wave approaching land. My hearing can come in handy at times, but without the ability to control it, one could go insane.
    “ Hey, how are you doing?” Nathanial asks.
    “ Good, Good! Are you and Sophia hanging out with us today?”
    “ Yeah, that’s the plan. We figure we could all just hang here and chat. We have the place to ourselves.” Nathanial is beginning to prep Matt for our discussion.
    The boys come to join us in the family room, and Matt opens his arms to Ebony. They embrace each other as if it has been a year since they last saw one another. I can tell Ebony is holding him like she thinks it will be the last time he’ll hold her in his arms.
    “ What’s wrong Eb? You seem a little down,” Matt observes.
    “ We just need to talk,” she sighs. “I have something to tell you, and I am not sure how you’ll handle it.”
    “ Are you breaking up with me?” he asks with concern, reaching out to hold her hand.
    “ NO!” she exclaims. “You know how I feel about you. I need to talk to you about my family and our history,”
    “ Okay, well go on. There is nothing that you can say or do to change your family history, I care for you now, your family can’t affect how I feel. Whatever you have to tell me about your family is not going to alter who you are, so I don’t see how anything will change between us.”
    “ But that is just it; this changes everything