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She was smiling.
I fucking love that smile.
She was learning to love her gift and not be afraid of it. She’s slowly learning that she was never the monster her mother made her out to be.
“How long did I manage yesterday?” she asked.
“About 20 Minutes,” I yelled back.
Every day was different. Yesterday was twenty minutes, the day before was only five, and the day before that she was able to go forty-five minutes. I was so proud of her. It didn’t matter to me how long she could keep it up for. The fact that she was trying, that fact that she was smiling and getting stronger, That was all that mattered.
Catalina shook her head,
“It’s still not long enough.”
“Last week you could barely manage more than five minutes, and now you’ve doubled your time. That in itself is an accomplishment.”
Catalina sighed,
“Well time for me today, I want to try and go for at least thirty minutes.”
That’s my girl.
“Very well then, I’ll set a timer.”
Catalina closed her eyes and within a few seconds, a circle of fire surrounded Gabriel.
“Starting the timer, remember to relax.”
I grabbed my phone and set the timer for the thirty minutes she requested and watched as Catalina opened her eyes and the slight orange in her eyes shined through.
Beautiful.
She was always beautiful but there was just something about those orange eyes that drove me crazy…
I smiled for a brief moment before I felt the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Something is wrong.
That feeling from the other night returned. I could feel eyes on us.
Someone is watching.
I glanced around, but I didn’t see anything. Instinctively I reached down for my dagger as Gabriel’s eyes found mine as he glanced over at me,
“Everything okay?”
No, something isn’t right.
“Yeah, everything is fine.” I glanced over and saw Catalina looking at me, a look of worry plagued her eyes as she looked around me.
“Keep going, I’ll be right back.”
“Where are you going?”
To make sure there isn’t anything here that can hurt you.
“Don’t worry about it just keep focusing and I’ll be back before the timer is up.”
