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    Sarah shook her head and played with Zane’s ring on his right hand. It felt soothing for some reason.
    “The harder I pushed the more determined she was to hold his name back from me. All she would say was that it was for my own good.”
    Gretchen nodded her head and took a sip out of her cup as she thought about everything she had just heard. “Well, I’d say you have a right to know who your father is and that your father has a right to know his daughter. But that’s not really my business. What seems strange to me is that your aunt would tell you that she’s a witch. People don’t just become witches out of the blue. You’re born with it or you’re not. And she was not.”
    Sarah shook her head in confusion. “But I didn’t even know I was different until I was a teenager.”
    Gretchen shook her head. “Every witch comes into their power when they’re teenagers. Rarely you’ll see someone exhibit power before the age of ten. But even babies have a power stamp. A little hum they emit. Sarah, close your eyes and concentrate. Reach out with your mind and try to sense me and Zane. What do you feel?”
    Sarah did what she was told and closed her eyes. She let go of Zane’s hand so she could concentrate and moved her energy out of herself and towards Gretchen. She reached her with her mind and felt a warm haze of sunshine. She did the same to Zane and felt something hotter and brighter. She opened her eyes and smiled.
    “I could feel you. But I can sense other people too and they’re not witches. This boy at school, Lash, I always seem to know exactly where he is.”
    Gretchen rubbed her forehead with her hand. “Okay, first of all, you weren’t sensing me; you just reached out with your energy and connected to me. That’s very different and that’s very rare Sarah. Not many witches can do that. Most witches can sense, but they can’t connect. Zane is the only other witch I know who can. I’ve never been able to.”
    Sarah turned and stared at Zane. “So when you wrap around me the way you do, that’s rare? Is that what I just did to you?”
    Zane swallowed and looked at her intently, his eyes bright and gleaming. “Yes, the same way you did this morning when you pushed back at me through your foot. That’s why I was so excited about getting to know you.”
    Sarah tore her eyes away from Zane and took a breath. She decided to think about that later and looked back at Gretchen. “So I can connect but I can’t sense? What’s wrong with me?”
    Gretchen sighed and looked up at the ceiling. “Maybe we’re making this too complicated. Think hard Sarah. When you’re with your Aunt, what do you feel or sense in comparison to what you feel or sense with me?”
    Sarah closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the couch. “When I’m with my aunt, I just feel cornered and poked. Not physically, but like she’s pushing on me or pulling on me. But I don’t feel a light. I just feel, kind of nothing. With you, I feel like you warm the air around you.”
    Gretchen smiled and nodded. “That’s a good description. Witches let off a power around them that does just that. Warm the air around them. Only another witch can sense that warmth.”
    Sarah smiled and opened her eyes. “Okay, I can do this.” And then she frowned. “Those people my mom invites over to the house, they’re not witches either then. Why would they call themselves witches if they’re not? And they’re always wanting me to join them for their meetings. It’s like they’re waiting for me to do something, or like they want something from me.”
    Gretchen frowned worriedly. “Sarah, I don’t want to freak you out, but I’ve known of regular people trying to harness a witch’s power. It usually destroys the witch or breaks her into darkness. And the people who are willing to sacrifice a witch’s soul just for power? They’re predators.”
    Sarah looked away from Gretchen’s compassion and worry and stared up at