The air is cool and still when I step out onto the training field. Morning dew clings to the grass, sparkling under the rising sun.

I should be focused. I should be clearing my mind and centering my energy. But all I can think about is Nyx and Xena. All I can think about is the love that turned into hatred. The power that was never wanted. The betrayal I still don't

understand.

What could possibly shatter a bond like that?

I try to picture Xena, but it's hard to imagine someone I've never seen. All I have are fragments of who she is, but no face.

Nyx... I know her. I've felt her pain, her strength, and her rage. I've carried her memories like they were my own. But Xena? She's still a mystery. And I can't fix what I don't understand.

I shake my head and push the thoughts aside. Enough. I didn't come here to spiral into my thoughts. I came to train.

The field is empty, just me and the silence. Nyx is nowhere in mind, so I rely on what she taught me yesterday.

I steady my breath, spread my fingers, and reach inside myself, searching for that spark, that golden thread of power waiting to be pulled.

Nothing.

I try again and again.

Still nothing.

spine. My palms tingle but no light appears, no pull, no hum. Just

the familiar sting of failure, I scream. Loud and raw. It tears out of

the ground, my breathing uneven. My hands dig into the

me.

she always felt inferior. I don't know Xena personally, but the fact that she can create

to fall, but I push them

I need a break.

eyes, letting the breeze run over my skin, trying to calm the whirlwind inside. And that's when I remember-Alec asked me

yes? I didn't even think about it. Didn't even

This foolish, reckless hope that maybe, just maybe, everything will work out. That maybe we can heal from

because what

again? I can't handle another heartbreak. Especially not

my phone from my pocket, needing a distraction.

and call King.

he answers, voice warm

I say softly, "how are

good. How about

not to lose my mind,"

pack is doing really well. Everything

I knew King would take

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