Chapter 70 - Display of Affection (1/2)

Ed was shaken. What sort of magic was this? He was scared that someone might have noticed it. He shouted, ”Adri, keep it low. How many times have I told you that?”

Adrianna chuckled at him and said, ”This is a new Grandfather, but I think I can control it.”

”In that case, you better practice it now. I won't let you go inside until you control that power,” he said, both amused and frustrated.

For the next two hours, under Ed's watchful eyes and expert guidance, Adrianna kept practicing until she was drained.

”I think we need to practice it a little more. Although you've been able to channelize the light within you on command, you haven't been able to control its potency,” said Ed.

Adrianna sulked. ”But Grandfather, I have done so well!”

”You know that it can take months before you can even begin to think that you have refined one of your skills. So be patient Adri,” he said before going inside.

Once they were inside, Adrianna went back to her room. She still had college the next day. All of a sudden, she remembered to charge her cellphone. When it was charged and turned back on, she saw that there were over fifty messages from Ookashi and a few from Niiya. She smiled and started reading them one by one. She had missed them a lot and wanted to talk to them. So much had happened…

The last text message was from Niiya.

[Back home safely. Can't wait to meet you.]

She was satisfied that Dmitri had kept his promise. Even she couldn't wait to see him. But her mood became sour in the next instant. Now, she could no longer think of going out with Niiya…

She texted him,