Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 312

"Yes," I mutter slowly. "I even know it's going to be a boy."

Her hand freezes midway with the eyeliner she was about to use on my eyes. "Wow, I have no words."

"That's how I was yesterday. I was confused, speechless and if I'm being honest, a little scared..."

"And Nyx has never told you where she is from?"

I shake my head. "No. Why?"

Her eyes turn thoughtful, her expression softening as if she's following a trail of ideas only she can see. For a moment she seems lost, then her gaze sharpens

on me.

"Don't you think it's a little strange? These powers you possess... they feel like more than just magic. Almost as if they're out of this world."

I let out a nervous laugh, trying to brush off the heaviness settling in my chest. "What are you trying to say, Raven, that I'm an alien?"

She doesn't even smile. "No. But I am saying they're not ordinary. I've studied witches and warlocks-anyone with magic, really. I've seen the strongest among them. And still, none of them can do what you've already done, Sadie. What you can do? That's not just rare. It's unheard of."

me like lead, sinking into the pits

was using forgotten in her hand, and for a moment

of. The word echoes like a curse in my

and warlocks as untouchable, the top of the food chain when it came to power. If even

hissing with unease. What

cold. "So, you're saying I'm what? A freak?" My voice cracks on the word, betraying the fear I'm

sarcasm.

freak..... Extraordinary. There's a difference. But I get

can sense death," I whisper,

and for a long moment she just studies me. Then

Nyx and Xena come from," she says, almost to herself. "Because the powers those twins have? They're not from this world. They seem

and unsettling. My stomach tightens, and force a nervous laugh trying to shake it, gef. Gedy? That's a little dramatic, don't you think? 1 mean, I don't exactly feel divine. Half the time I don't even know what I'm doing."

serious. "You don't have to feel it for it to be true, Sadie. Sometimes

like a shadow, and suddenly the air in the room feels

the air in the room feels heavier. I'm still trying to swallow it

ears wide open, “does that mean

cracking like glass. I cover