Chapter 58

ALEJANDRA.

The next morning when I wake up, everything just feels… right. Like there is a calmness in me that I’ve never felt before, but under the calm, there is power. So much power. I can easily sort through what is mine and what is my mates’. It’s a strange feeling. I don’t know if it’s from training, but training is definitely helping.

After taking a shower and getting dressed for school, I head downstairs and spot Forrest and Desmond both standing by the stove. From where I’m standing, it looks like Desmond is trying to teach Forrest how to cook. Forrest tries to flip a pancake and it ends up landing on the side of a pan.

I giggle and the two of them turn around to look at me. Desmond goes back to cooking, trying to correct Forrest’s mistake, while Forrest walks over to me and kisses me on the head.

“You look happy this morning,” he says.

“I am. I feel really good. Like… whole, you know?”

“We feel it too,” Phoenix chimes in as he comes into the room. “I think you completin