Nerves took a hold of me the moment I realized what I'd done, so I went looking for a distraction to fill the next couple of hours.

"Where's Meira?" I reached out for my sister and came up blank. Even my demon couldn't track her down. She shielded as tightly as I always had, back when I wished I was normal.

The twinge of that old wish returned for a minute before I sighed it away. With the acceptance of my magic and the many sides of my power came the inability to just ...