The Spark Within

“Breathe,” Tessa said, gesturing with her hands for me to inhale. “Breathe and hold it.”

We’d been at this for a few hours now, Tessa doing her best to teach me what she could. She seemed to know a lot about how the ability worked despite not possessing it herself. Though, as she had already previously pointed out, she’d raised a few generations of Thorne children.

Truthfully, I didn’t expect to