Kinza watched the steam rise from her cup of coffee, trying to let it settle her mind as she pushed away the negative thoughts from the past few days and focused on the good things in her life.
Grams sat across from her—which did help her remember the good things—but trying to conjure her Aura was especially difficult this morning, especially with someone watching her. She huffed a breath and let her muscles relax before giving it another go. She was about to throw in the towel when Grams gasped.
“There!” she said the moment Kinza’s star-white Aura rose from her skin like a sleepy cat before vanishing. Grams clapped and cheered for her like she had when Kinza had gotten second place in her third grade spelling bee. She hadn’t done anything miraculous, in fact, Jabari would tell her it wa
