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little dark.”
    She paused, searching Kirk’s face for a hint of teasing, but it wasn’t there. Instead, a shadow moved in, and then fear crossed his face. He was afraid of hurting her and afraid of what Keegan would do if he did. She dropped her gaze and whispered, “Darker than the things I’d seen in my hundred years of captivity with the Onyx Pack?”
    Tanner growled. The low rumble echoed off the cave walls. “A hundred years?”
    She nodded. “It’s why my mind is so broken.” She gestured to Will standing next to her. “He’s also a Scribe. He’s not at full power yet, but he can shield against unwanted emotions that come with the visions.”
    Will grabbed her hand. “I can control when I want the visions, too.”
    Kirk shifted uneasily from leg to leg. “I’m guessing Will can help you shield.”
    Addyson nodded. “Yes.” She hoped so anyway. If this worked, then she wouldn’t have to hide in her house or wear the cloak and gloves when she went out. “Will you do it?”
    Tanner blow out a breath and nodded. “Kirk and I need to do a perimeter check.” He peered over her shoulder, and she heard the couch slide across the floor. He grinned, stepped outside with Kirk, and slid the large stone slab of a door into place.
    She smiled and almost felt giddy. She was also scared shitless. Pivoting, she met Will’s raised eyebrows. Oh, great, even at fifteen, he was trying to intimidate her. She let out a soft laugh. “You may be more dominant than me, but I’m older.”
    Will pressed his lips together as if hiding a smile from her. Addyson laughed. Man, it felt good to be around someone she couldn’t pull psychic energy, which always left her a trembling mess on the floor.
    She shivered at the thought and looked around the room again.
    He tapped her on the arm, drawing her attention back to him. “The natural floors of the cave will help ground you.”
    She nodded. “Yeah, I know.” She was still nervous. What if she found out her mind was too broken to create shields?
    Will rolled up the area rug and sat down, folding his legs like a pretzel. She sat next to him just as the sentries walked through the door. Kirk walked right over and dropped to the floor in front of her. Tanner was a little more hesitant and opted for the space between Kirk and Will.
    Addyson took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. “How do we do this?”
    Will shifted beside her so his body was turned to hers. “Close your eyes, clear your mind, and then ground yourself.”
    Okay, that was easy. She had to meditate on a regular basis in order to keep the monsters in her head at bay. She closed her eyes and imagined she sat by a small stream. Water trickled by her, soothing her. The air was clean, crisp, and held a hint of roses that reached her senses with each gentle breeze.
    Most people visualized made up places, unique to only them in order to fully relax enough to ground themselves. Not Addyson. Her mind was filled with so much evil and ugliness that no one should ever have to witness. She visualized a real place. Somewhere she visited often and loved.
    The stream, in reality, was located about one hundred yards from her backyard in Ashwood. It was her favorite place, so whenever she needed to relax, or calm her inner demons, she’d go to the stream and take in the beauty.
    Now she went there in her mind because it was the only pure thing she knew.
    Her muscles relaxed as a calm she hadn’t felt since leaving her home in Ashwood a few weeks ago washed over her. She gathered all the negative, dark energy into a ball in the middle of her chest and slowly pushed it out. When the dark energy reached her hands and feet, she placed her palms on the cool stone floor and pushed it into the rock, imagining it being absorbed into the earth beyond.
    She opened her eyes to see Tanner and Kirk staring at her. Self-conscious, she averted her gaze to Will. The teen quickly motioned to Tanner. “Give me your hand.”
    Tanner drew his brows