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(I was thinking about reading them )

Jacob looked down on the man and then landed a second after Elena. He nodded at the man and looked expectantly at her.

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(How about... Beautiful Creatures? Seen/read those? I just want some reviews on them so I know how they are. I've watched the movie, but I want to read the books.)

"Jacob, this is MacAllister Booke, but you can just call him the Librarian - his talent is books, logic, intelligence." Elena smiled softly. "And he is gifted with flight by wings."

The man stood. He was tall - 6'9", to be precise - and lanky, long and lean with muscle corded through. His wings were ebony, looking more like bat wings with layered feathers than anything else. "Hello." He extended a hand. The voice was deep, rolling and smooth with an edge of harshness of an accent - British, maybe Australian. It could be called a 'whiskey voice'.

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(Nope :3)

Jacob took his hand and shook it, offering a small smile. "Good morning."

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"It may be morning to you, but it's just about midnight for me."

Elena added, "But, Booke, the twilight never ends and the sun shall never rise."

Booke grinned, taking off his glasses. "You remembered!"

"Of course I did! Oh, sorry, Jacob - Booke here was like a father to me when I was growing up, after my parents died when I was just a babe."

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"Oh," he said with a smile. "Nice to meet you."

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"And you as well. Now, tell me what you want." Booke sat back down in his chair, seemingly endless legs folded casually in front of him. Elena took the chair beside him.

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"I- uh, well, I would like to research my parents," he said softly.

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He raised his eyebrows, but shrugged. "Very well. Do you have any information on them?"

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"Not at all, except that my wings are special," he said, shaking his head.

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"Get up, then, and let me see."

[~echo~]

Jacob stood slowly and turned around, his back facing him. He unfurled his wings gracefully, the sun hitting the tawny, fawn-colored feathers beautifully.

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"Aalayah and Jeremiah Thorne." He stood abruptly and bolted inside, randomly searching through papers, books, folders. He found the ones he was looking for, a feral, furious look on his face. "Aalayah, twenty-seven when she disappeared. Had a son she called James, tawny wings. Jeremiah, thirty-two when he disappeared. They were mates. BOth Air users, but Aalayah was the Princess to the Air throne."

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Jacob gazed at him. "So... you think that that's my mother?"

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"Shut up!" He turned his gaze to Jacob before flicking his eyes back to the books, the papers, ruffling through them. "Most recent report on Aalayah is that she's still missing. They think she's somewhere South, somewhere her powers can't call her. Jeremiah - no one's seen him since he disappeared. How old are you?"

"Don't take offense. Booke is extremely.. Focused, and anyone interrupting or saying something without him asking them a question first always interrupts his flow, which can damage the entire case." Elena said quietly.

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Jacob looked taken aback but cleared his throat. "I don't really know.... maybe eighteen years old? That's what the scientists told me, anyways."

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He held up a picture. A small boy with fawn wings, a woman with white wings, a man with black wings much like Booke's were in the picture. The child was cradled in the woman's arms. "This is your family."

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Jacob looked at the picture in awe, his eyes wide and attentive. "I've never seen my family before..."

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"This is them." He gestured and slapped the photo on the table. "I can find them for you, if I try hard enough."

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A million questions flooded into his mind at once, but only one came out- "Why hasn't anybody tried to find them before now?"

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Elena replied. "Though your mother was a princess, her and your father's Clan was almost extinct. They weren't aware of her disappearance until I was captured, and by that point, no one thought they were alive."