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accepted her task and understood why she wanted to come back and stay with me.
    “Jeesh, I just get home and already you’re demanding.” Her sing-song voice rose higher as she spoke.
    “Sorry, but you’ve been gone for almost three months.”
    She took my hand and we walked to the couches. Ian plopped down on the opposite one and flipped on the TV.
    “Mom and Dad say hi. They miss you too.”
    I took a sip of the hot chocolate, savoring the taste of liquid gold. Mmmmm. “I miss them too.” I let out a long sigh. “Did they have any advice?”
    She laughed a little. “Yeah, they said ‘don’t die .’ Can you believe that?”
    I laughed with her.
    “So… Did you do good today?”
    I shrugged. “I guess, if you can say almost killing Ian and Dregan is good.”
    She nearly choked on her drink. I thumped her back a couple times to help her breath ing. “You tried to kill your boy toy?”
    Ian snorted and leaned over to rub the top of my head, messing up my hair and sending it to fall in my eyes. “You think she’d kill me? Psh, then who would she have to buy her chocolate?” He gave me a Cheshire grin that made the blue in his eyes sparkle, sending waves of excitement through me. Then, he leaned back in his seat, flipping through the channels.
    I tried to play it off, rolling my eyes at him . Sometimes that man drove me nuts. Ailaina leaned forward, setting her hot cocoa down, waving him off with an exasperated sigh.
    “Um, hello , before I was so rudely interrupted… How did you almost kill him?” I could tell she wasn’t going to budge until I gave her answers. I shuddered as I told her about Dregan hiding in spirit form. Nothing happened, but I still felt guilty.
    “Oh em gee.” She really spoke in text talk, and I just shook my head at her. “I can’t believe you didn’t feel him and then, oh my gosh,” she gasped. “What would you have done if you didn’t let go?”
    “Well, you’re my Seer, why don’t you tell me?” I didn’t want to think about that. Not now, not ever.

 
    Chapter Three

    Crossbreed Prisoner
    Esmerelda
    The wind picked up, rustling the trees around us. The temperature was not anywhere close to warm yet and I still had to leave the comfort of the cabin to train. It did little to help my irritated mood. So, now I was cold and grumpy. My mind didn’t want to concentrate on training while every little thing frustrated me.
    “You need to feel it , Esmerelda,” my dad said.
    I crossed my arms and grumbled, “I am.” I truly was, but everyone telling me I wasn’t was really getting on my nerves.
    My dad cocked his head then shook it. “If you were, then we’d be done by now.”
    “Well maybe I’m just not as special as you thought!” I could feel my annoyance building even more.
    “You are special. Your mother and I lost you once . I won’t let it happen again, so you need to train. Now, feel for it. You can do it.” He walked with wide steps over to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. “I have faith in you.”
    I spotted my mom sitting with Ian on the porch of the cabin. They were talking about something too low for me to hear. I would give anything to be with them right now and not continuously disappointing my dad with my lack of abilities when it came to my bond with Luna. He didn’t know anything about how I felt. I was the first to be both witch and guardian. For some reason my supposable sixth sense to Luna was a little muffled and not near as clear or strong as my dad said it should be.
    “Focus , Esmerelda,” his words interrupted my thoughts.
    I let out a long breath that I held in. “I can’t. I am really trying, I swear, but I just can’t.”
    “You can.” H e turned and looked at the wolves standing beside the porch steps. “Hela, come here with Luna.”
    Both wolves came over to where we stood. Luna looked so proud standing next to her father, Hela.
    “Okay, now I know that you can use spirit magic , but this comes from deeper within