Maybe that was why she hadn’t really cried about the loss.
The Corners listened quietly, and when Kaeli finally ran out of words, the silence settled over the group like fog on a fall morning.
Then Lorene said, “I don’t think you’re broken, Kaeli.”
“Then why do I feel broken?Why have I never been able to control my magic?I’ve trained constantly, but every spell I cast goes wrong.It’s like my magic is fighting me.”
“We can find out,” Bitty said, stubbing out a clove cigarette.
“How?”Kaeli said.
“With a revelation spell,” Gwen said.“We’ve done them a few times over the years; they’re very good at showing what truth lies hidden.In fact, we just did a revelation spell for a young woman who was a shifter but had been raised to believe she was a psychic.”
“How did she not know she was a shifter?”
“Because her shift was hidden under a suppression spell,” Maritza said.“Eventually, she got her shift because she found her truemate, and their bond destroyed the spell.But that’s another person’s story, and yours is not about a hidden shift; it’s about magic that’s not cooperating.”
“Exactly,” Lorene said.She pushed back from the table and stood.“If you’re up for it, we can do the spell now.”
“I am,” Kaeli said.Hope flared in her chest, small but bright.
It took a few minutes for the Corners to prep for the spell.Kaeli had never seen a revelation spell performed before, but it sounded simple enough.
They asked her to sit cross-legged on the rug and set candles around her.The four Corners stepped up between the candles, which flared to life when Maritza waved her hand toward them.
“The spell won’t hurt,” Bitty said.“You can breathe easy.”
Kaeli forced herself to breathe, not realizing she’d been holding her breath like she was waiting to be hit in the head.
“It might feel strange,” Gwen said, “but our magic will reveal what’s going on with yours.Hopefully.”
Kaeli hoped so, too.
Lorene marked Kaeli’s wrists and cheeks with powder made from ground-up herbs.Then the Corners joined hands and began the spell, the candles flickering.
They spoke the spell in the ancient Wiccan language.The air grew heavy and warm, and the scent of herbs grew stronger.Lorene hovered her hand above Kaeli’s head and said, “Revelare.”
The air shimmered like ripples on a pond and warmed enough to make Kaeli wish she’d taken off her hoodie.Her heart pounded in her chest, and her vision dimmed before going dark entirely.
And that’s when she saw her magic in her mind.
But it wasn’t just one magic, it was two.North and South.Earth and Fire.
The earth magic was warm and strong, and the fire magic was bright and dramatic.The two magics seemed to be trying to come together, but they were pushed apart with flashes of electricity.
“Well, I’ll be a horn-toed behemoth,” Bitty said as the spell disappeared and Kaeli’s vision returned to her.She blinked against the light in the room.
“I have two magics?How is that possible?”Kaeli said.
Gwen helped her to her feet.“What was your mother’s power?”
“Earth.”
“Do you know of your ancestors?”Bitty asked.
“Her mom, my grandma, was earth also.I don’t know about farther back in the family.”
“Well, power can be finicky and different magics can show up in different generations,” Maritza said.“But you have two magics, and that means you’re dually aligned.”
