Raven.After Sadie left my room, I got up, showered, and got dressed. I usually take a few minutes in the morning to just meditate. It helps me channel and anchor my powers. This is something that my mother taught me since I was a little girl.Once I was done with that, I checked on Aspen. She was s
When I was done swimming, I headed back home. I think I’d been gone for, like, only an hour.I remember nearing our cottage and just knowing that something wasn’t right. Something didn’t feel right. I rushed inside our home to find my mom on the floor with her chest ripped open. Her heart next to he
Sadie.“Even if we were to try and find this woman, I’m not sure where we would even start,” Martin says, voicing exactly what I was thinking.This woman, whoever she is, went to great lengths to hide her identity. She didn’t want to be found. She didn’t want to be known, and with the kind of power
It's crazy and a little bit scary knowing that someone played you in this way. That someone was mechanizing things behind your back to make sure an aspect of your life failed.“But that would mean they know Alec and Sadie. They knew them so well that they knew how they would react. They counted on t
His words ring in my ear. I get what he is saying. I understand the words, but I can’t seem to grasp their meaning.Adopted. Adopted.How am I adopted? Of everything that has happened, not once has it ever crossed my mind that I may not be the biological child of my parents.“H-how?” I stammer the w
I’ve known Raven for three years. In those three years, I’ve witnessed a lot of emotions from her, but never fear.Have you ever come across someone who is fearless? Someone who nothing ever shakes them? Nothing ever rattles them. Raven is that person to me. Seeing the fear on her face right now, su
Alec. I was still reeling from whatever the fuck Raven had done to me when her words penetrated my throbbing brain. Fuck, I shouldn’t have antagonized her, but in my defense, I wasn’t in the right headspace. Things haven’t gone the way I’d pictured them today. I was stressed and on edge. That wasn
She takes a deep breath, before her glaring eyes refocus on me. “If it were any other crime, they would have been imprisoned in a normal dungeon or hell, in the council’s stronghold. Instead, they were imprisoned somewhere where no one knew their location and then their prison was sealed off with ma