Kayla hesitated, uncertainty filling her. It had seemed like a good idea at first, but she wasn’t sure she could willingly give up control to another person. It went against everything she’d ever learned. “You don’t have to do this, Kayla. I can train you how to use your energy and become precise in targeting. It’ll take some time, but you can eventually learn how to form a smaller bond so we can target them together.” “No.” It could take months or years to gain the level of expertise she needed and even then, there was no guarantee. Veridian had once told her everything happened for a reason. She’d never given much thought to the concept of fate, but maybe he was right. Maybe everything was inter-connected, and perhaps this was a lesson she needed to learn. She needed to take that leap

