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cursed me. She could not reverse the spell, even though she is the Queen of the Witches. She could only aid someone else to fight it. So she sent Bones. He will protect you and also be your teacher.”
    I glanced at Bones, who was looking at me with a smile tugging his mouth. He obviously found this amusing. Great . I tried to appear unconcerned by this news, and I asked Jasper to explain what Bones was supposed to teach me.
    “Most of your magic training will come from Bones,” Jasper said. “Although I can help and it will give me great pleasure to do so, his magic is stronger, and he will be able to help you reach your potential much faster.”
    “Jasper tells me that you had an incident in school this week that had you testing out your skills,” Bones interjected.
    “I don’t know if that was it.” I looked at my feet before meeting his gaze. “It happened so fast.”
    Bones smiled and brushed his hand through his black hair, pushing it out of his eyes. “Why don’t we test you here and now and find out?”
    I glared at him. I couldn’t figure out if he was trying to stir me up or if he genuinely wanted to teach me. “What do you want me to do?” I got to my feet. I could never resist a challenge.
    “Over here, Nera.” Jasper beckoned me to a table. A crystal bowl sat on it. “Just block out everything around you, girl dear. You can do it. You used to do it as a small child when you wanted something. Things would always come to you when you wanted them, but as you grew up, you went to them. Natural progression I suppose, but this is so much more fun.” Jasper watched me; his eyes twinkled, and a grin lit up his face.
    I sat down on the floor beside the table with my legs crossed in front of me. I put my hands together on my knees and concentrated on the bowl. It sat still on the table ,and I shrugged my shoulders. This didn’t look like it was going to work. Breathe deeply. Try one more time. There was the smallest movement. I can do this.
    A quick glance at Jasper revealed his encouraging smile, and I focused on the object again. The table trembled under the force of energy that was building, and the bowl skimmed the polished surface as it shot in different directions. I had no control over it.
    “Nera!” Brie screamed, clapping her hands together. “It’s moving!”
    I jumped as the bowl shattered into a thousand pieces on the hard, slate floor. “Oh shit!” I turned to face Jasper. I was horrified at my incompetence and the destruction of his precious antique. “Jasper, I’m so sorry.”
    “I’m not.” He laughed at me. “That was great, girl dear, just great. We will have you up to speed in no time. I’ll just go and get the broom.” He left the room, chuckling to himself.
    I looked over at Bones. He was still sitting in the chair by the fireplace. His hair had fallen over his eyes again, and a small smile played around his mouth while he watched me. The chill crept down my neck again as I looked into his eyes, but this time I returned his stare, refusing to look away.
    Jasper came bustling back into the library with the broom, still chuckling. “What do you think, Bones? She packs a powerful punch, doesn’t she?”
    “Indeed she does, Jasper,” Bones said dryly.
    Brie jumped up and bounded over to Bones. Putting one hand on the back of his chair, the other on his arm, she leaned down speak to him, her lips almost touching his ear, her hair falling over his shoulder. “Do you think I have any powers?”
    He threw Jasper a glance and tried to get up, but Brie moved to the front of him, blocking his escape.
    “I, um, really, Brie,” he stammered, “I don’t know anything about you.”
    My uncle finished sweeping up the broken glass, a little smile of amusement crossing his face as he watched Bones try to get away from Brie. He lay down his broom and strolled over to casually drape his arm around Brie’s shoulders, then drew her away from Bones and talked to her quietly.
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