1 Prologue

The teachers always said that you could get your powers when you were put in grave danger or when someone else was put in danger— mine didn't. They sat there while my father was burning to death. They sat there and mocked me while I tried to force them to come out. I knew I had it in me to at least get a spark out, a shield… anything. We'd done it in class for years, so why couldn't I do it now?

Because you didn't want to.