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Chapter 6: The Eye of the Wolf

I sat by Cassey's hospital bed, worried like I've never been worried before. It was 3 AM.

I was telling the police officer my version of the events of last night.

"….when I found her, she was covered in sweat, and she looked terrified. And when I tried to comfort her, she kept trying to pull away," I said.

And that's when she turned into a mouse.

I didn't say that, of course; I couldn't.

I couldn't put Cassey in danger, not to mention Ben, or myself.

The policeman moved away, and I went back to watching Cassey's eyes twitch beneath their lids.

"What happened, Cassey?" I whisper, more to myself than to her, "What scared you so badly?"

The reason I was talking to the policeman was because the two boys that usually tease Cassey, Clyde and Jack, were attacked shortly before I found Cassey, and she was a suspect.

I knew, no matter how much Cassey loathed those two, she would never try to kill them. But, if she didn't attack them, then why was she so scared when I found her?

Maybe whoever attacked the boys had attacked her also, and that's why she was so scared. That must have been it.

Cassey's eyes snapped open.

"Cassey!" I practically shouted.

I jumped up and hugged her. She didn't return the hug, though, and I looked at her for a long minute before speaking:

"Cassey, what happened last night?"

She looked down at her hands, and took a deep breath before she spoke.

"What happened to the boys?"

"They were scared out of their wits," I said "For a minute they seemed to have thought they were attacked by a werewolf."

I chuckled. Cassey gave me a look that told me I had done precisely the wrong thing.

I stood up, went over to the door to make sure no one was listening, then closed it and turned around to face her.

"Look, when I found you, you turned into a mouse," I said. "If you tell me that the "werewolf" was you as well, I'll believe you."

She just stared at me with her mouth hanging open for a minute, then "You don't seem at all shocked by the fact that I can turn into animals. Why not?"

"Ben has telekinesis," I said bluntly.

"Oh," said Cassey, "That would explain it."

She looked at her hands some more, and we sat in silence.

After what seemed like hours, I spoke: "It's okay to get excited, you know, " I said with a half-smile.

She looked up at me. "Excited about what?" she asked, "My power? Why should I be excited about it? I nearly killed someone, Alexandra!"

I understood then: she was afraid of her power, of the damage she could cause with it.

"Cassey, you don't have to be afraid—"

"That's just it, Alex. I doneed to be afraid," she said. "If I'm not careful, I could do something so much worse than what happened last night. I could hurt you or Mom or Ben. I just can't risk it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I…."

She stopped, but I understood. I hugged her again, and this time she hugged me back, as tears began to run down her face.

"Cassey…."

"Alex, I don't know what to do. I don't know how I'm ever going to be able to control this…thing that's happening to me. I don't even know what to do with it if I do learn."

"We'll figure something out. I promise."

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