♣ Maisie♣ After Astor fell asleep, I get up from the bed and walk back to the sitting room. I stack some books on the dining table and take a few steps backwards. I close my eyes and imagine the first book levitating in the air. I make sure to concentrate, putting all my willpower into it. I open one eye and see all the books levitating. “Oh c’mon!! I just wanted one book!”. In the process of my frustration, I lose my concentration causing the books to fly around. “No, no, no. Stay, stay!”. It just gets worse. Two books come flying at me but I duck in time. Three books fly at the wall, the last book hits the TV. “STAY!”, I yell and the books stay frozen in the air. I sigh and bring them down gently and they land on the floor. “Well, that was disappointing”. I turn around to see Vlad,

