Nikolai and Derik frowned, glancing between me and Brax. I held my arms around me again as the other girls huddled, tears sticky on their faces as they held their brands.
“What now?” Derik snapped.
“Her shadows are whispering to her,” he said, his eyes going back in his head.
“She’s channeling us,” he said as if it meant anything to me.
“I’m not doing anything.”
Braxton nodded. “Yes, you are, Spitfire, you just haven’t learned how to harness those shadows yet.”
“What shadows?”
“The winter shadows inside you. They’re part of you, and yours are fiercely loyal to you. Lucky for you.”
“How the hell is that lucky?” I snapped.
“Because if they weren’t, they would try to destroy all the good parts of you, and then we’d have to kill you before you destroyed us all.
“But that’s enough sto
