What the hell are you doing, Calla?
I don’t know. I don’t know why I’m telling him everything.
No. That isn’t true. I do know the reason. I’m telling Chase everything because he’s the only person it’s safe to tell. I’ve had to keep quiet my whole life, but I’ve finally found someone I don’t have to be quiet around. He already knows what I can do, and he won’t tell the Guild.
“I got through my fourth junior school without any incidents, as my mother calls them. I wanted to join the Guild, but Mom said no. She suggested a healer school, so, like a good girl, I agreed. There was a boy in my class who’d heard about all the schools I’d left. He’d heard the rumors about how I was … abnormal. Even dangerous. He made sure everyone knew what a freak I was. Soon after I started there, I’d had eno
