*
Leonard returned to find Sierra and Brandon actively watching their sticks, which were surprisingly still standing. He paused at the edge of the clearing just before the cottage, and he looked at both of them with astonishment.
“How did you do this?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” Sierra replied. “You wouldn’t believe what happened if I told you.”
“Try me,” he said, folding his arms across his chest.
“Well, we were just sitting here and watching them when the wind swept down from the mountain, and it was so powerful we nearly thought they would fall over.”
“Mine almost did,” Brandon added with a slight chuckle.
“But then, somehow, we were able to keep them standing without even touching them,” Sierra continued. “It’s like a part of our mind just wished to keep the sticks standing,
