Supernova (Renegades, #3)

by Marissa Meyer

“Sometimes,” said Max, fiddling with the cloth napkin that hung over the tray’s edge, “I think about being out there, walking around the city. Or being on a patrol team, like you. Stopping bad guys. Being awesome. But then, I think about what would happen if I crossed paths with another prodigy, and before anyone knew what was happening, I was draining their power from them. They wouldn’t be doing anything wrong, just … being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Being near me.” He sighed. “And that wouldn’t be fair, either.”

“We can come up with ways to make sure it doesn’t happen. There’s got to be somewhere else you can go. Somewhere you won’t be surrounded by prodigies.” “You’re going to convince the Council of this, are you? To let both their biggest threat and their most powerful weapon go free?” Adrian blinked. He’d never really thought of Max that way, and wondered if that’s really how Max saw himself. A threat. A weapon. He was just a kid. He deserved to do normal kid things. He deserved a life.

“Everyone has a nightmare,” she said. “I guess I’m yours.”

Everyone has a nightmare.” He pressed his forehead against hers. “Maybe I want you to be mine.”