I sat on the ledge looking down on the valley. I'd found the cliffs a few weeks ago while venturing out on a run by myself. Despite losing my magic ability to Stein's curse, I could still shift and get away from everyone for a little me time. We were almost at the end of the school year, and four years later I felt like a totally different person. Sure, I was still Kyler, but a more mature Kyler. No longer the little jerk-off I'd been the first couple of years. I hadn't mentioned it to anyone else, but fighting Edius worried me. There was still some sort of divide in our group. Braeden still had an unhealthy amount of self-doubt that would eventually affect the group in a battle. If your head wasn't in the game, the neither would your magic be. He needed to get that straightened out bef