Chapter 35: Beginnings
Cadence found me the night I surrendered to the Mara. We’ve been together, one way or another, ever since.
And now, it’s time for her to leave.
“Be careful,” Ash says. “Don’t forget to look where you’re going. You can’t just float through walls anymore.”
She rolls her eyes.
“She’ll be fine,” Ravel says. “Or she won’t. Either way, off you go kiddo.”
He makes a shooing motion. She sticks her tongue out at him.
“We’ll watch out for her,” an older woman says, slinging an insistent arm around Cadence’s prickly shoulders. “We did manage to raise three without too much damage, after all.”
This time it’s Steph who rolls her eyes, but she and Grace are having a hard time keeping the shy grins off their faces. The oldest sister, Banshee or whatever, is prac
