JASMINE I throw the door open, the knob slamming into the concrete wall. The satisfactory crack that wiggles through the entire frame isn't even enough to assuage the annoyance and disgust that brew inside me. In the midst of the rubbles of emotions, I feel a prick of pain in my chest. Hurt? I don't know what it truly is, maybe disappointment even. I was on my way to see Andre, to ask him to compel Alec to escort me. Not, compel, but to persuade him to do so. I wonder whether I am the only person who sees the lacuna caused by my inability to use my powers effectively. The outburst in the field? That had changed an entire Etchera. If I am able to control my powers then imagine the plenitude of creatures I will restore to their human form. But, no! I am the only one seeing this, the poss

