Chapter 69

*Valerie*

I stare at myself in the mirror, my hair wet and dripping down my bare shoulders as I tilt my head, watching the droplets with intense concentration. My abilities take so much effort and emotion. I try to convince the droplets to float off my body but they don’t move, instead rolling down like they would any other day before I knew what I was.

“Valerie?” Kravos calls, a soft rapping on t