5
I rode the bus home in shock.
I regarded every person I saw with suspicion, even though they didn't care I existed.
That encounter rattled me in a way I had never been rattled before.
Have I ever been jumped?
Yeah, all the time when I grew up in the hood.
But there was a big difference between someone jumping you for money and someone jumping you because of your magical powers.
I was so shaken I couldn't think.
I couldn't tell Darius or Destiny. Not yet. They would freak out.
Still, I didn't know how to put what just happened to me in words.
Someone just tried to hurt me.
Why was I so afraid? Demons tried to hurt me all the time.
There was something about your own life being threatened by another human that made you see things differently.
My head floated like it wasn't even
