Free Rising Sun (Fate's Intent Book 9) by April Bowles Page B

some?”
    “Sure.” He rubbed his face as an obvious sign of his tiredness.
    “Didn’t sleep well?”
    “No. I slept fine. I just got up and couldn’t get back to sleep. What about you?”
    “Just the same but I like to get up before Bryce. It’s my quiet alone time.”
    “Oh, I’m sorry. Should I leave?”
    “No. You can stay. Being alone isn’t always fun.”
    I poured him a cup and handed it to him. “Thanks. So, have you thought about how you’re going to test Bryce today?”
    “I don’t know, it would be hard. My gift takes a lot of concentration and he’s just a baby. I don’t know if he could just yet. Not unless he wanted something to be healed.”
    “What about Troy’s? There really isn’t a way there either, is there?”
    “Not really. It takes the mind to control everything he does and I don’t think Bryce would be able to do it that way this young. I couldn’t even be sure if he ever has. There are no physical signs. It’s just what he sees.”
    “Maybe he could try showing you what he sees if he watched his father do it. I’ve seen him try to do the things he does all the time.”
    “All the time? You mean when he’s around.”
    “You’re pissed about that too, I see.”
    “Not so much pissed as disappointed. I know what it’s like to be raised by only one of my parents and I never wanted that for my child.”
    “Don’t worry. It won’t always be that way.”
    Trever and Troy walked into the kitchen with Bryce.
    “Uh oh. Someone’s awake.” I walked over to Troy and took Bryce.
    “Yeah, he just got up and when I noticed you were gone, I had to get up and get him.”
    “Sorry.”
    “No big deal.” Trever smiled. “We were up anyway.”
    “Troy, since you’re down here, use your vision and show Zayden what you see. He was thinking that it might be a good way to see if Bryce can control it or do it at all.”
    “It’s too early. I’m still waking up and how would that work?”
    “He’s been trying to copy everything you do. It couldn’t hurt to try.”
    Troy sighed and looked over at Zayden. “All right. Come over here.” They walked to the window and Troy put his hand on Zayden’s shoulder. “Close your eyes.”
    “Yeah, I know the drill.”
    Troy looked outside and we waited by while he did it. I was holding Bryce and thought to close my eyes for a moment. When I did, the most amazing thing happened. I was seeing close ups of things in the kitchen that were shiny that maybe his eyes were attracted to.
    I gasped when I saw it because I knew Troy was all the way across the room, not touching me.
    “What?” He immediately turned around, taking his hand on Zayden’s shoulder.
    “He just did what you did.”
    “What?” They both rushed over. “Are you sure?”
    “Yes, I’m sure. He copied you like he thought he would. Try it.”
    “I don’t know if it will work on me.”
    “I’ll try it then.” Trever said. “What do I do?”
    “Let him touch you and close your eyes.”
    Trever held up his hand to Bryce and he closed his eyes. “Okay, Bryce. Show me.”
    Bryce grabbed a hold of one finger with his little hand and held it steady. He had to of been seeing it if I did but we waited for some kind of reaction.
    “That’s amazing. Do you see like this all the time, Troy?”
    “Only when I want to.”
    Trever opened his eyes and slowly pulled from Bryce’s hand.
    “How was it? Did it seem steady or sporadic?”
    “It was steady. Even a few turns.”
    “I guess he’s learning to control it on his own.” Zayden said. “What about the other one?”
    “You mean the healing power?” Trever asked. “None of you have tried to get him to heal you before?”
    I laughed. “And where would we have gotten wounded? We don’t do anything these days.”
    “Well, I’ve got a good one. Check this out.” Trever lifted up the front of his shirt and I saw a large laceration on his right side that was just beginning to scar.
    “Where did you get