Dead Corse (6 page)

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All the best,

Maharba.

What the hell did that mean?

“You get your payment?”

I shut the laptop without checking. “Yep. You were saying?”

“My answer is to both of you Zoë,” mom set her chocolate on the
coffee table. “If you think of evil when you use your power, then that intent
will permeate what you do. But if you choose to use it for good, the same is
also true.” She reached out and tucked a strand of hair from my face behind my
ear. “Always keep your intent true, Zoëtrope. Always be a good little girl.”

She’d called me that since I was small. Her good little girl. But
this time when she said it I felt a shiver cross over my shoulders and I looked
away

Copyright © 2012 Phaedra Weldon

Published by Caldwell Press