s a hollow, digital t

he trailer slid open with a

hed with malicious glee. "Look w

ng a bracelet. It was old silver, tarnished in the crevices, set with rough-cut emeralds that caught the

as low, barely carrying over the distance,

rist. It was too small for her. She forced it, her

ers, loser!"

side. "Stop talking to the tr

in her own wrist. That metal was conductive. It was forg

phina said. "This i

neered.

dn't push. She just rested her fingers there. She closed her eyes for a fraction of a seco

She looked down a

o Regina, it felt like the silver was rapidly cooling, shrin

he clasp. It wouldn't budge. Her finge

m. It recognized bloodlines. It recognized thieves. Regina wasn't being cru

's other hand connecte

dy. But there was an edge to it,

rned her back on Regina, who was now cursing and p

rrison," Ser

the line. A chair falling over. Then,

ef, of a prayer answered after a decade of silence. "Wher

h blue, but to her left, over the tree line, gray clouds

id. "I'm out. The

nded. He was shouting at someone in th

the signal,"

hung

whimpering. "Mom! It wo

s from the neighboring trailer peek through her blind

t, honey?" Mrs. Higgins

ant note under her breath. A subtle 'Aversion Ward'. To anyone watching, she would suddenly seem uninteresting

t on h

five m

had disappeared from the window, but

ing purple! Mom,

have been. She could have ripped it off Regina. She could have broken the window an