Gabriel’s POV “Come on, Aria, focus,” I said as I grabbed her hands in mine. “You can do it.” She sighed and closed her eyes. I could see her reaching for the source of her power. We had been practicing for the last three days and she was getting better. She could now project emotions, but she still had trouble with focusing them on a single person. She brought us all down yesterday when she projected pain. “Can you feel my aura?” I asked her. “Can you feel my warmth?” “Yes,” she mumbled with her eyes still closed. “Good,” I said. “We all have our auras. We all have different levels of warmth. You need to differentiate it. Separate us from one another and focus only on one of us. Try focusing on me. Feel me.” Her eyebrows scrunched together, and her hands squeezed mine. “Try focus

