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necessary. She was sitting alone beside a wall-to-wall window that opened up to the side yard. The snow-laden trees stood in the distance, their colors muted through the glass panes like a watercolor painting.
    Yvette didn’t look up from her book when I entered so I closed the door quietly and walked across the room. The study was stacked with books, both old and new, and a mahogany desk stood in the center, cluttered with papers and a laptop computer. I passed it and went to stand beside a gold-upholstered armchair across from Yvette.
    She was the only person I’d ever met without a vibe. It had always intrigued me, but now I had a feeling there was a reason I couldn’t read it.
    “You know why I’m here,” I said.
    A faint smile tugged on her lips. She placed the book down on her lap and finally looked up at me. Her rounded face was tanned and creased around the eyes and mouth; her wiry black hair was pulled into a loose braid that flowed across her chest. She scrutinized me methodically, taking in every inch of my face.
    “I never thought I’d meet another one,” she said. Her voice was like the hum of some great machine—low and steady.
    “Another . . . what, exactly?” I asked as my pulse began to race. She knew about my power!
    But she faltered. “I don’t really know what you are. But I do know that we are the same. It’s a form of telepathy—connecting minds, thoughts. Or in our case, emotions.” She leaned in, expression fervent. “What is it like for you? What are your abilities?”
    “I can read emotions, like you said. Everyone’s, even vampires and werewolves. Actually, theirs are strongest. And I can control any changed werewolf, even on the full moon. But it’s difficult.”
    “And the vampires? Can you control them?”
    I shook my head. “How did you know about me?” I asked, sitting down across from her. “How did you know I could save Lucas?”
    “I have only met someone like you once before. I knew immediately because I could not sense you.”
    “Sense me?”
    “Sense your emotions.”
    Oh, my vibe. “I can’t . . . sense you either.”
    “I believe it is because our powers cancel each other out.”
    “I guess that makes sense. So wait, you said you know someone else like us?”
    She looked down at her lap. “Knew. The vampires took him. He is dead now.”
    I cringed. “I’m sorry.”
    “They thought he could control them like we control the wolves so they murdered him. But it doesn’t work that way. The vampires are undead; their brain functions do not work like ours. We can sense them, but we cannot control them.”
    “Can you control the werewolves too, then?” I asked.
    “Yes,” she said. “Though, not when they are human. Well, except for Rolf.”
    “ Rolf? ” I blurted. He was the last person I’d expect her to be able to control. He’d easily usurped my power over his pack that night at the barn and almost took my connection to Lucas as well.
    “Of course,” she said, furrowing her delicate brows. “He is my match.”
    “Your match? What is that?”
    “It seems that those with the sense—people like us—have an inexplicable connection to the supernatural world. The magic that runs through the blood of the vampires and werewolves—it binds to us as well, enabling us to sense emotions and temporarily control their actions. For each of us, there is a single supernatural creature whose magic is so similar to ours that they are bound to us by an unbreakable bond. They are matched so perfectly that the werewolf can be controlled even when he or she is human.”
    Well if that was true, then I supposed Lucas was my match. Cool. I wondered what that meant, exactly.
    “So can Rolf feel it when you control him?” I asked.
    “Yes. He’s the only one. But I rarely do it. Only to protect myself from harm. In fact, I have not needed to use my abilities in over a decade.”
    Huh. Must be nice.
    We were silent a moment and, suddenly I heard the shadow of