“What are you doing here?" I asked when my word returned. My heart thudded dully as I saw everything crashing around me. I stared at myself with a sense of déjà vu.
I didn’t jump away in time as she barreled into me, sending us crashing to the ground. We went down, me with a loud groan and her with a gentle thud. The guards rushed at us, lifting me from the ground. Then the marched to her, ready to throw her out of the palace.
"Stop." They stopped. "Give us a minute." They exchanged bewildered looks, almost as if they wanted to object but they didn't. They couldn't. Just when I got a hang of this power, just when I came to settle in this body, she returned.
I never wanted to see myself any less than I did then.
"I thought that would work." She smiled again. For a minute, I allo
