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to do things. I deliberately stay away from casting spells but, well, you saw what happened just a little while ago. Sometimes all I have to do is have a thought, and poof& something happens, and not even something relative to what I was thinking about. Oh man, that has to suck, as in big hairy donkey balls suck. Bobby grinned, and the effect was utterly charming. He was one sweet, luscious little morsel. I looked at Tyler who was sitting to my left. He too seemed mesmerized by Bobby s pure and natural allure. Turning his gaze toward me, our eyes met and Kate Steele Soul Familiar 2: Unpredictable - 40 - complete understanding passed between us. It almost makes me wish we were all bonded, Tyler admitted. I had the same thought, but then you know that. We re both utterly shameless. Tyler grinned and I laughed at the wicked twinkle in his eyes before turning back to Bobby. You re lucky Tyler and I are mated or you d find yourself the object of a very determined seduction attempt. I wouldn t mind, he answered with a shy smile. You guys are nice. I thought you d be all stuffy and stuck up like& um& Elder Thomas. Bobby s hesitation raised a frisson of unease within me. I was just about certain the stuck up person he was referring to wasn t Elder Thomas. Though it was something that required some thought, I put it away for now. There s a question that just begs to be asked at this point and that is how is the power link broken between you and whoever you become attached to? Mostly by accident, although it can be deliberately transferred from one person to another if the other person will agree to accept it. I take it that doesn t happen very often? No. And do you have to be attached to someone? No. It s supposed to be a deliberate and voluntary thing but with my powers messed up the way they are, sometimes a link just happens. Were you attached to someone before you came to us? Um& no. As soon as the word left his mouth I knew he was lying. Bobby is not the kind of person who can get away with blithely spouting falsehoods. He gives off I m lying vibes. I can say for certain he d be a terrible poker player. Bobby, what aren t you telling us? I gently prodded. I had a feeling that whatever the reason was that brought him to us, it wasn t his idea. Biting his lip, Bobby looked up at me. The smiling young man of a few moments ago was gone. This one was filled with fear. He made me. I didn t want to, but he said Kate Steele Soul Familiar 2: Unpredictable - 41 - he d put a proposal to the Elders Council to have me put in stasis cause I m a danger to every magic practitioner worldwide. He said my incompetence could expose us all. He ordered me to come here and attach myself to either you or Tyler. I m so sorry. I was scared. I didn t know what to do. The root of suspicion that had earlier been planted in my mind produced a bloom fully formed. Lucas Tarrasen. With his eyes going wide, Bobby whispered, How did you know? It s just the sort of underhanded trick he would pull. And you re right, he is stuffy and stuck up. I m sad to see he s also become cruel. I m sorry, Bobby, you shouldn t have been pulled into this. You re not mad at me? Bobby looked so subdued and hopeful my heart went out to him. I m an only child, but I was beginning to think that what I was feeling now was something an older brother might feel for a younger one. I wanted to protect the little squirt. No, we re not mad at you. It wasn t your fault. None of this is. Lucas has decided to try and disable us before we have to face him and his partner in magical combat. I went on to explain our circumstances to Bobby and the upcoming trial we faced. You ll never be able to win with me attached to you. What are we going to do? I smiled at the way Bobby selflessly took on Tyler s and my problem as his own. I m going to try to do what you were hoping I could. I m going to fix your powers. Chapter Three Have you ever heard the untamed cry of an overconfident idiot? It sounds something like, I m going to fix your powers! That s right, the overconfident idiot was me. A couple of days after making that lofty pronouncement I still had made no progress. We d managed to keep the Bobby-induced disasters to a minimum. Bobby had been outside on several occasions helping Tyler with his watering chores and I suppose his imagination was overloaded by images of flower beds and sprinklers. The second night he was here, when Tyler and I attempted to go to bed for the night we discovered our bed was filled with flowers. Roses, daisies, iris, daffodils, tulips& you name it, we had it. Fortunately they were cut flowers, no dirt to get rid of. The second incident happened the next day. I just happened to be in the kitchen when the rain started& indoors. Lucky me. At first I was startled as hell but it didn t take long to realize who was responsible. Calmly I summoned an umbrella and yelled out the window for Tyler and Bobby to come in. Bobby looked suitably guilty and chagrined, but can you believe Tyler laughed at me? What is so funny? I growled. I just had this image of you suddenly breaking into song. Singin in the Rain would be appropriate, don t you think? I tried to remain serious, but I couldn t stop the twitch of my lips. You guys are just lucky my powers are unaffected by this or you d both be in here with mops cleaning up this mess. At that point the rain stopped. Bobby s magical hiccups never lasted long. Considering my options, I spoke a few words and the water disappeared from the kitchen. It then manifested over one of the flower beds where it rained down exactly where it was most needed. Kate Steele Soul Familiar 2: Unpredictable - 43 - What did you do with it? Bobby asked. Look out the window. He did, then looked back at me with frank admiration in his eyes. I wish I could do that. I wanted to say, So do I, but knowing it would hurt his feelings I restrained myself. Instead it came out, You will. Honestly? I had to wonder about that. My two days of researching his problem hadn t been totally unproductive. Bobby s magical
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