Reaching Retribution (The Prophesized Series) by Kaitlyn Hoyt Page A

emotions. The magic is always around you, so you no longer have to suppress anything. Everything should be much easier to manipulate. Come on, let me hear it ,” Colin says with a large grin.
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Ryanne mumbles.
    “Just once. I need to hear it.”
    Ryanne turns and buries her head in my shoulder. “You wmfh righsh,” she says. Her voice is muffled by my shirt.
    “I couldn’t hear you. Could you please repeat that , Gandalf?” Colin asks. He’s literally grinning from ear to ear. Tom starts laughing from across the room.
    With a sigh, Ryanne sits up and looks directly at Colin. “Right, Colin, you were. Hmmmm.”
    “ You sound nothing like Yoda,” Chris says with a laugh.
    “I wasn’t trying to sound like Yoda. I was just trying to speak like Yoda,” she retorts. Chris shakes his head.
    “I’ll take it,” Colin says.
    “That’s probably a good idea, because you won’t get anything better than that,” Bragden says.
    Ryanne laughs and turns toward the TV. Without saying anything, she silently gets up and walks over to Colin’s DVD collection. Zeroing in on the movie, she grabs it and turns around. “Can we watch this? I’ll beg if I have to,” she says.
    The Avengers.
    Turning toward Emma, she says, “Chris Hemsworth.”
    “You only like him because of his voice,” Emma replies.
    “And everything else,” she mumbles as she looks toward Colin.
    “You can watch it. I don’t care.”
    Ryanne smiles widely and then quickly hides the smile and glares at everyone, making sure that no one will argue with her. Larkin opens his mouth to say something, but a large ball of water forms in midair and falls down on him.
    “Don’t even try it, mister,” Ryanne says.
    Larkin spits out water and instantly starts laughing. No one else says anything, but everyone is trying to hide their laughter. I get off the couch and grab the movie from Ryanne. Putting it in the DVD player, I press play and grab Ryanne’s hand, pulling her back to the couch.
    She sits down, but her eyes don’t leave the TV. Chris starts to say something, but Ryanne instantly shushes him. “She’s into Superhero films?” he whispers.
    “Oh yeah,” I tell him.
    “Interesting. I would have pegged her as a romantic comedy girl.” Ryanne makes a gagging noise at his comment. “I stand corrected.”
    “I can stand them, but they’re not my first option. Now shhhhhhh,” Ryanne says as Nick Fury appears on the screen. For the next two hours we watch The Avengers. Ryanne quotes many of the lines of the movie and laughs at all the funny parts before they happen.
    “This is my favorite part,” she says as she lightly hits my arm. Mark Ruffalo had just shown up for the end battle sequence. “That’s my secret, Captain. I’m always angry,” she whispers along with Bruce Banner.
    “You’re too cute,” I whisper to her as I lean back a little. Ryanne curls into my side and smiles up at me.
    “You know who is also cute?” she asks.
    “Chris Evans!” Emma yells from across the room.
    “Emma is delusional, Colton. Don’t listen to her. I was going to say Hemsworth. She just forgot his last name.” She puts a finger out and stops me. “You’re cute too ; don’t worry.”
    “It’s a good thing you added that last part. I may have had to tickle you otherwise.”
    “I’m learning,” she mumbles and she leans back against me and returns her attention to the end of the movie.

Chapter Nine
    We all train for the next couple days. Now that I’ve released my magic, I don’t feel as overwhelmed. It’s much easier to contain the thoughts and emotions. I still have all my magic, but it’s not stuck in me anymore. It moves freely around me, but only acts when I will it to. It listens to me completely. Natalie has helped me control the emotions. Since those are stronger than thoughts, it took a little more practice to have complete control, but I quickly got the hang of it. I can call them