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Chapter 3

Leesha

I listened to the gravel crunch as we moved to a dirt side road off the blacktop. I had picked my bow up about a mile back at the edge of town and it was now slung across my back. I kept my eyes glued to the ground in front of me, using only my peripheral vision to make sure I didn't bump into anything and looking anywhere else but him.

I could feel his gaze burning into the back of my head but I refused to look at him. Every time I did my mind scrambled and I forgot all about the resolutions I had made to myself about him.

I simply couldn't trust him because any wizard was bound to have a hidden agenda. I had gained this little tidbit of knowledge the hard way. I simply would not get caught up in that stuff again.

He was fuming and I could feel it from the power radiating off of him in waves yet I staunchly refused to look at him. But, oh, did I want to! Jason, finally about to burst from the quiet started some small talk.

"Lucky the weather is so nice today you know down here in this area it could turn so cold any minute. This one day at the home, you know, the orphanage, all I could think about was the cold. I mean it was snowing so much I couldn't see my hand in front of my face and when I was outside in a matter of minutes, I couldn't feel my feet. Then suddenly, BAM! All the snow was gone and it was warmer outside then inside. I mean that was before the… er… other incidents." His voice was bitter at the memory.

"I thought at the time it was God answering my prayer. I was such an idiot. In the end it was about this temperature for the whole day."

I didn't answer even though I knew he was looking to me for a response. He finally had enough and grabbed my arm and swung me around roughly. His hands were literally making my clothes smoke and just like that, I was drowning in the essence of him. His eyes were blazing with a deadly light have anger and half … apprehension? Maybe he didn't have control. It sure looked like he didn't right now. "God dammit Leesha! What do I have to do for you to understand? I need help!"

I yanked hard to try to get away even though I did no good.

"Let go," I growled.

"You always act as though I'm going to turn on you but I won't Leesha! I just want help!" he cried desperately.

He was still flooding power into me, making me dizzy. I was almost too woozy to stand but I made one last half-hearted attempt to pull away. I was starting to smell my flesh burning. All at once it was too much and the last thing I remember was seeing his shocked face before I fainted.

Jason

She treated me like dirt, like she was afraid of me, and then when she refused to talk to me I got mad and then I lost control. It was flying everywhere, the power, and I couldn't stop it. I was mad because I knew something bad was going to happen because of it. It was just like the other times. I wanted her to stop it and she could see so! So, why didn't she? She knew I couldn't help it. The power had been building up for a long time and it wouldn't stop until it was all gone. So yes, I grabbed her. I knew I shouldn't have but I was desperate. I was a time bomb just waiting to explode. It's all over now. How could I do this? My contacts have been dissolving steadily and letting more of my real eyes show and now I felt them finally dissolve. I fell on my knees next to her and put her head on my lap brushing her hair out of her face. How could I do this to her? I'm truly a monster I thought. Then, the tears started.