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I glanced away for a moment, then when I looked back at her, I saw that her shoes looked even worse The duct tape wrapping around the off in places I blinked to ht I saw No, it was still the same way, and I was sure those shoes had been in better shape before I started thinking about them

I could have written off a lot of stuff that had happened that day to chance There were logical explanations for the train couy, the ceiling falling But shoes didn’t change right before your eyes just because you thought they should That is, it didn’t happen with s like that, but I also kneasn’t one of them At least, I shouldn’t have been

If I wasn’t ical powers

Nineteen

I forced myself to take a couple of deep breaths and calm down before I had a panic attack on the subway I knew there were a lot of ical people in the city It was entirely possible that one of them was on the train and shared h, I focused on the shoes, trying to remember what they’d looked like before I was fairly certain I felt the tingle of power in use, butht back the way they’d been before Their owner didn’t sees and kept her eyes on her book

That sealed it for ic, this was suspicious enough to have checked out I’d learned the hard way not too long ago that telling Ohen so on could save ot off the subway at the next stop and walked back down Broadway toward the office I barely noticed where I was or the fact that it was cold and windy as I hurried down the sidewalk The pedestrian lights all turned to "walk" just as I reached theic If you walked at the right pace and no one got in your way, you could hit the lights in synchronization like that I was te else to test ic where peopleabout veiling the effects of ic from public view

I had a lot to learn if this was for real I wondered what had happened Was this a weird side effect of Owen’s potion? Maybe it had backfired, not only ic Or it could have had so to do hatever happened at the party As et whatever I wanted with a wave of

When I got to the MSI office building, I balked at the front door It was like earlier in the o to the Spellworks store My subconscious ic, but I overruled it and forcedheavily by the ti "We need to talk," I blurted as I burst through the doorway

He looked up fro with Jake, blinked, frowned, and then looked like he was having a root canal "Can we have this discussion--"

"Now," I interrupted "Don’t worry, it’s not a relationship talk, but it is pretty damn crucial Your office, ASAP"

While he was still looking at ht for his office Only when I reached the doorway did I reet into his private office because I was iic?

I was able to get through the door, but I thought my head would explode as I crossed the threshold I couldn’t help but screaht ony, and helped me into the nearest chair "Katie, what is it?" Now he sounded gentle and concerned but still a little distant

"So back a sob Before I could change ic now"

That got his attention "What? How long has this been going on?"

"Today I don’t know,crazy, but it’s too ht that it would be funny if Kim’s coffee turned over and spilled on her computer crossed my mind--and then it happened a few seconds later I chalked that up to kare stuff happened in the hallway on o ho worse, and on the train, there was this lady with really ugly shoes I thought about changing theain when I wanted theot off the train at the next stop to co on"