Kaela Our charade, as I like to call it, continued for two weeks, and nobody suspected a thing. Every day after school was the same routine. Flynn and I would pretend to be hanging out, and Clara would pick us up, take us to the training spot, and back home when we were finished. I was starting to think I was such a genius. A dangerous one. I mean, I always was. Somehow, Magic had become normal. “Focus,” Hera barked at me. “I am focusing,” I said immediately. “No, you’re panicking like you could lose it any moment,” she shot back. I closed my eyes briefly. “I’m literally sitting still.” “You’re thinking too loudly,” Hera stated, and Flynn burst out laughing beside me as he tried to create sparks between his fingers. “You too,” she said to him. “And that explains your terrible control.” Shawn leaned against a tree, smiling faintly. “You two are improving, though.” “See? The nice sibling has spoken,” I pointed at Hera. She rolled her eyes. And Hera, who wasn’t openly free
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