The Guardian's Wildchild

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the flight bag he held. “You’d better have a few dollars when I get to the café tomorrow morning. I’ll be quite hungry. See you later.” She kissed his cheek and pushed her way through the doors.

    On Wednesday morning, Danik arrived at the café long before the morning customers arrived. He’d resisted the temptation to telepathically connect with Sidney. She didn’t need the distraction. As the morning sun inched closer to its noon place in the sky, Danik finally had enough of waiting. Sitting up straight in his patio chair, he breathed deeply and visualized his chest open wide to release his energy to the universe and to Sidney. On the waves of this energy, he could sense the physical presence of whatever he focused his mind on. He brought Sidney into his consciousness as gently as the mist envelops the sails of a ship.
    He recognized her physical signature. But her Guardian energy was evaporating. He was losing her to a Dark force. She was mute, unable to telepathically communicate with him until the very last moment of his contact. Her message was brief and frightening.

    Seated on the cold cement floor of her small cell, Sidney tried to meditate. Her mind’s chatter refused to be silenced. Never before had she failed at such an easy Guardian gift. Her Guardian powers were evaporating. Her entire body was trembling, not from the cold, but from fear. And it wasn’t fear of punishment; it was the gradual loss of her Guardian nature that was beginning to paralyze her mind.
    She’d completed her mission. The memory rod with the file was safely hidden, and the missiles had been disabled. So far, the security personnel were only concerned that she’d been trespassing. If she could convince them that she was simply there because of a dare, she’d be set free — if no one checked the missiles. With each passing minute, she was certain someone would discover the missiles had been sabotaged. It was nearly eleven. She’d considered escaping from her cell using telekinesis, but that option was no longer possible. Her mind wouldn’t be silenced enough to focus, and she couldn’t understand how she’d lost control.
    Suddenly, a guard shouted. “Move to the back wall and put your hands on your head!”
    She was handcuffed and escorted to a room where an officer sat rigid in his chair behind a table. The officer’s snug navy blue uniform was covered with gold braid and badges. Sidney guessed he was forty, though it was hard to tell. His head was shaved clean, as was his face. His most remarkable features were his large, blue eyes and long, dark eyelashes. The man could have been considered handsome if he smiled.
    Something stirred within Sidney. Her most basic gift of seeing into a person’s aura was intact. Most times she had to switch that ability off because it was distracting. But even just glancing at this man, she saw it — his body’s battle with an imbalance.
    She took another step closer to the officer’s table and cleared her throat. “I … I’m really sorry, truly sorry about all this trouble.” Her voice trembled. “I meant no harm. Just wanted to — ”
    The officer interrupted her. “Miss, you’ll speak only when asked a question. Understood?”
    Sidney quickly and obediently responded. “Yes, sir.”
    “I’m Captain Frank Butchart, Chief of Internal Affairs and Security.”
    Butchart continued to instruct her on the rules of the interrogation. She didn’t hear a word. When he’d said his name, Sidney felt like she’d been struck on the back of her head. Butchart was the name of two Guardian brothers who’d lived on the island, brothers who’d left on a mission twenty years ago and never returned. Greystone had told her Giles Butchart had been murdered, but whenever she asked him about Frank, he’d become silent. It was understood but not discussed. Frank was now a fallen Guardian using his powers for his own purposes, regardless of the Dark consequences.
    Sidney wondered if

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