Chapter 41The initial excitement quickly faded when I realized it didn't give me an advantage at all. What could I possibly do with it? Regardless of anything else, I was struggling to control the ability and had to lower what I'd begun to think of as a 'shield' on a regular basis, otherwise the Ripper grew frustrated. I began to lower the shield intermittently, letting him back inside my head. I timed the length of the blocks, seeing how far I could push before he began to question what was happening. I constantly adjusted the amount of time when he could hear my thoughts, praying I was making it seem as if the breaks were occurring with natural randomness.
By the time the flight touched down in Boston, and I'd located the rental car, I'd already figured out the amount of effort needed t
