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Bending down, I picked up my black Persian As soon as ainst the coldness of her body I was frozen with shock Aura was a spirit of a witch hen killed, was transfor in on my spirit walker skills easier now that I knehat to look for The coldness fro

Aura watched reen eyes Her whiskers twitched from side to side, and her ears perked up like she was alert to so the action would calm us both But with each stroke,black fur I shrieked when h thebackwards, I dropped hMy eyes were glued to her s my eyes and blurred my vision My hands fisted at my side as I stared at what I had done

Pin pricks shot throughht was clasped in ers I opened ht hovered just above ainst the wall as far as I could and watched in awe as the light formed into what looked like a huure stood in front of me, with almond shaped eyes and hair as black as a raven A thin cotton dress hung from her shoulders and pooled at her feet This spirit was different than the others I’d encountered Serenity surrounded her aura and filled the rooel?" My words heavy oneffect she had My entire body relaxed and er she stood in front of me

"No, my dear, I am not" Her voice was melodic and more beautiful than music A sweet smile spread across her pink lips as she watched race than a ballerina, she bent down and scooped Aura’s lifeless body up "You have been very good to host nodded and placed her hand over the cat’s body With each stroke of fur, a radiant light outlined the un form The tail twitched and then the ears flicked this way and that Within moments the cat’s head lifted and looked at me with confusion

"You don’t needthe cat to me "But a witch should never be without a cat" I took the feline from her arms and frohen I didn’t feel the connection Aura’s spirit was no longer in the cat, so that not only saddenedThe bond I shared with her was so it would take a while to get used to

"But, I do need you," I pleaded

"Don’t be sad You’ve released rateful" Aura’s spirit faltered and she vanished just like that The peace froone too My new/old cat looked at me, its eyes curious as to who I was It still looked like the sareen eyes, s at a new cat

My hand rested on its back, and I dragged ainst y I felt when Aura’s spirit was in there

I stood in the bathroo about what I did You’ve released ed my mind What did that mean? I’d always assumed witches made a choice whether they wanted to beco if they want to be an organ donor or donated to science Who imprisoned her and why?

I had to find Dorian; he’d knohat happened I fixed my tear streaked mascara and rushed out of roups were practicingmy head in frustration, I continued to check roo my way down another hallway, Kye was just ahead of ed to catch up "Have you seen Dorian?" His eyes looked bloodshot like he hadn’t slept I guess being Holly’s go towith Holly What do you need?"

"I just need to ask hi, thanks, Kye!" I turned around and rushed up the stone staircase to the sixth floor Kye was growing on me, but that didn’t mean I trusted him, not that I trusted Dorian either, but he didn’t share the saiance to Holly as Kye

I was about to knock on Holly’s office door when I heard ainst the wood and listened

"Has she asked questions?" Holly’s voice carried through

"Just about her power," Dorian replied

What the hell were they talking about?

"Good Make sure you strengthen her power and leave the rest tofootsteps approached, and I rushed back downstairs so I wouldn’t be caught Questions bombarded my mind as I replayed their cryptic conversation in iance to Holly

I made it to the third floor before I needed to stop and breathe It was lucky I hadn’t tuainst the cool wall, I inhaled deep breaths through h my nose, but it did little to calm"What are you doing?"

"I was looking for you" My voice came out a little breathy

His left eye squinted in suspicion "What do you need?"

"I killed inal reason I sought Dorian Whatever he and Holly were talking about could wait, I needed answers about Aura

He paused for a moment "What do you mean you killed your cat?"

"I h her--literally! And somehow I pulled her spirit fro the cat’s body" The more I listened toto me?"