His face purpled with impotent anger.
She peeled off his socks.
Then, one by one, Julia compared the footprints on the birth certificates with Walt's feet.
Hot tears of defeat brimmed up within Walt; indignant rage filled his eyes.
Julia turned to put the birth certificates back on the dresser.
None of them corresponded to his prints.
Walt wanted to bite down on something. He gritted his teeth. Then, as Julia was turning away from him, he felt once again the weird blending of his mind with Calvin's. He realized that it was some exclusive power given to Calvin that caused the blending: he was not even any longer a, a Lyrian!
Joy vibrated in his body. Drawing on the new power in his mind, he hurled a picture from the wall at the back of Julia's unprotected head.
She half turned. The heavy wooden frame hit her in the temple. With a little despairing sigh of surprise she sank to the carpet.