"How?" None of it made sense. I could barely start a fire if you spotted me a box of matches, and I was flipping cars? "I can't do that."
"You couldn't," Miriam said, "But you were given magical powers, and your instinct was enough to protect you. The problem was it drained you, fed too deeply from your energy, and almost killed you. That is why you fainted, and why you have been sleeping these few days." She came over and sat next to me, taking my hand. "You were given a great gift, great power was placed in you. Unfortunately, it was like giving a five-year-old the keys to a car. If you are to keep them, you need to learn to use them. That is why I was brought here, to teach you what your powers are and how to control them."
My head was spinning. "Power? How did I get power?"
"What
