Fire in Frost by Alicia Rades

Author:Alicia Rades [Rades, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PaperPlane Publishing
Published: 2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

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I met Emma at our corner, my anxiety and paranoia just above its normal level, but I didn’t let it show.

The moment Emma was close enough to me, she started speaking. “I was reading last night, you know, about your kind, and I was thinking—“

“My kind?” I eyed her speculatively.

“Yeah, about psychics and stuff,” she said, waving a hand nonchalantly. “I was reading that to make your powers stronger, you have to practice them, and—“

“Why?” I interrupted again. I never expected Emma to ditch me as a friend when I told her about my abilities, but I didn’t expect her to be so accepting of it, either.

She shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess it’s just intriguing. I mean, it’d be awesome if I were psychic, but if I can’t be, then it’s cool that you are.”

“Actually you can be. My mom said everyone’s born with psychic abilities but that I just have a stronger connection to the other side or something. Like how everyone has intuition. It just takes practice, I guess.”

“Ohmigosh,” Emma squealed, stopping in her tracks. “We should, like, learn together, and we could both be psychic.”

Something about the idea intrigued me. It was cool enough that I had my mom to help me, but I would be much more comfortable with Emma by my side.

“That would be really cool,” I said, smiling. “But I really don’t know that much about how to do it. Maybe you could talk to my mom.”

I threw my hand over my mouth. Was I allowed to tell Emma my mom is psychic? I didn’t think it would hurt anything, but I should have asked my mom first.

Emma’s eyes widened. “Andrea’s psychic, too? I mean, a real psychic? I know she does all that fake voodoo stuff for Halloween, but she’s real?”

I dropped my hand. “Well, let’s just say it’s not as fake as she leads people to believe.”

Emma smiled. “This is going to be so awesome. When can we start?”

I bit my lip nervously. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to include Emma in the séance right away. It almost seemed too much for me. I didn’t want to overwhelm her and scare her away.

“Maybe it’s best if we wait until after this weekend once we all have more free time. Then my mom will be done with the Halloween festival.”

“Deal,” Emma agreed.

We got to school too soon.

Emma grinned. “I’ll tell you about what I read later. Maybe I could come to your house before the game again.”

“Yeah, sure. That sounds great.” Even as I said this, I wasn’t entirely positive. I was eager for some more alone time to practice with my crystal ball again. I was hoping to see something I could use to help Olivia or Kelli.

At the same time, I wanted so badly to share my abilities with Emma, and maybe even Derek, but I didn’t know what I should tell her. A wave of guilt rushed over me. I’d never hidden anything from Emma in the decade

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