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Ch. 83 Control

Penulis: Cara Anderson
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Liam

"Focus," Mom says for what feels like the hundredth time. "Intent without emotion. Direction without reaction."

Easy for her to say. She's not the one trying to light a candle with her mind while simultaneously not burning down the entire training room.

"I am focusing," I mutter, staring at the unlit candle with enough intensity to melt it if the heat in my gaze was actually physical.

"No, you're glaring at it like it personally offended you," she corrects with that infuriating motherly patience. "Fire responds to emotion, Liam. Right now, you're feeding it frustration, which creates erratic, unpredictable responses."

I take a deep breath, trying again to find that elusive balance she keeps talking about. Twelve hours of practice since my gift first manifested against the Skinwalkers, and I've managed to melt more ice sculptures, warm the room to uncomfortable levels, and accidentally set a practice dummy's hair on fire. What I haven't done is produce a single controlled flame on
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