Chapter 62 ✔
*Ember*
Step one: Breathe.
Step two: Focus my energy on what's around me.
Step three: Identify what I'm feeling. Know my emotions.
Step four: Own it, do not let it own me. It is my emotion and is mine to control.
I sit in the clearing where I have my eyes closed, legs crossed, going through the steps that I've been taught. Deep breaths fill my lungs. I listen to the world around me. In this state, my senses are even more heightened than they normally would be. I hear the magic trees shifting their locations. I hear animals scampering around the grounds. I can even hear the soft flapping of a butterfly's wings in the distance. I feel alone. I'm scared, but I remind myself that above all else I'm strong and I am capable. The strongest emotion I feel right now, and I ho
