MAXINE

A laugh escaped Cinder's mouth and she threw a smile at me over her shoulder. It was then that the semblance hit me.

"I'm just joking, dear Maxine." She replied. "I have eleven. A whole football team. And before you ask me how I know your name, Luna told me."

I was going to yell "Eleven?" in disbelief because that was more wild to me than her knowing my name. Nothing surprised me in that forte anymore. Crazy things were always happening.

I couldn't keep my curiosity to myself. ...