Pondering whether or not I want to sneak away from this camp. Mother sent me here to “adjust my attitude.” As she would put it. Says I’m getting out of control and I need to get a handle on the gift I was born with.

My name is Mara. Im telepathic, and my powers began at the age of 15. My mother and father thought they could help me. They said that my powers were different though, said that I was out of control and I couldn’t go to a regular school or stay at home until I was able to get them under control.

So here I am, at a wilderness camp for the outcasts and misfits. What do they think they can teach me? I’m 17 now, if my own parents can’t even handle me, how in the world am I suppose to handle myself?