Chapter 15: Kyler

I sat on the ledge looking down on the valley. I'd found the cliffs a few weeks ago while venturing out on a run by myself. Despite losing my magic ability to Stein's curse, I could still shift and get away from everyone for a little me time.

We were almost at the end of the school year, and four years later I felt like a totally different person. Sure, I was still Kyler, but a more mature Kyler. No longer the little jerk-off I'd been the first couple of years.

I hadn't mentioned it to anyone else, but fighting Edius worried me. There was still some sort of divide in our group. Braeden still had an unhealthy amount of self-doubt that would eventually affect the group in a battle. If your head wasn't in the game, the neither would your magic be. He needed to get that straightened out before we confronted Edius. Then there was the issue brewing between Dash and Braeden. They were always at each other.

"I hear you back there," I said, having picked up her scent several minutes ago.