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“Yes, that would be nice, but I want you to know that no one is going to force you to do something you don’t want to do.”
“Well, maybe Mod,” Piya added, bringing in a cup of water for me. “She just left, by the way. Said you were being too soft on Lira.”
Trixie’s eyebrows shot together, creases forming in her forehead. “Is she really gone?”
Piya nodded. “I watched her dissipate myself. After checking the surroundings, I detected no sign of her.”
“I don’t trust her,” Trixie said.
“No one does,” Piya added. “But we need her experience. I’m only eighteen, and aside from you, she is the only other young witch who is trained. Claudia said I was hopeless the other day.”
“Who’s Claudia?” I asked.
“One of our trainers. Charli is yours.”
“That’s a horrible thing to say to someone you’re training,” I said.
Piya shrugged. “I’m really not that good; can’t even form a fireball in my hand, and that’s one of the easiest things we’re supposed to be able to do.”
I hmphed. “I bet it’s not as easy as they think. I can’t do it either. They just don’t remember what it was like to begin.”
This time, Piya smiled. “They are all pretty old.”
“So what now?” I asked, putting an arm around Piya, who had sat down on the bed next to me.
“We help with your training,” Trixie said. “Charli said you’re supposed to be practicing meditating. It helps to calm you down and allows your visions to pass through without hindrance.”
I groaned. “I don’t see why I have to let the visions through. There must be others who can do it.”
“There are others . . .” Trixie trailed off and exchanged a look with Piya.
“What are you not telling me?”
“Don’t tell Miti I told you, okay?” Trixie said.
“Cross my heart.”
“Miti said there’s something special about you. Something she hasn’t seen in ages.”
“And that’s saying something,” Piya piped in.
“Mod also mentioned it when we met you this morning,” Trixie continued.
“Is it about a flower?” I guessed.
“Yes! The other witches, who also have visions, have tried with no success to figure out where it is. You’re the youngest one to see the flower in a vision, and there’s hope you’ll find it.”
“But I can’t do anything yet, much less call these visions on demand!”
“Miti doesn’t think so. She thinks you’re already showing lots of potential; faster than any of the witches who found out about their heritage in their twenties or thirties.”
I gaped at her. “None of you experience visions?”
Trixie shook her head. “Unfortunately not. I’m really good at dissipating and traveling, Piya is good at tracking from far away distances, and Mod is good with potions.”
I fell back on the bed and closed my eyes. How did I get myself into these situations? Millie wasn’t here, and I needed her help to keep me sane, but what was I supposed to tell her? I’m a witch, Millie. Mom kept this from us both. I’m now supposed to help with this war effort, and at the same time I’m in love with Bruno, but I’m too scared to do anything about it because he’s a wolf shifter. I can’t believe all of this paranormal stuff that I read in books is real. Then again, she was with Jacob now, who she knew was a wolf shifter too. On second thought, maybe telling Millie all this might not be as big a deal as I was making it out to be.
I laughed. And I kept laughing until tears started streaming out of my eyes. Trixie and Piya tried to calm me down, but after a while they sat back and just waited me out. It took a long time to stop laughing at myself. One thing was certain—Millie was going to be so upset with me when I finally told her the truth.
