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."

over me like lead, sinking into the pits

forgotten in her hand, and for a moment all I can hear is the pounding of

word echoes like a curse in

chain when it came to power.

thought coils in my stomach like a snake, hissing with unease. What if Raven's right? What

what? A freak?" My voice cracks on the word, betraying the fear I'm

sarcasm.

immediately, her hand closing around mine. "No, Sadie. Not a freak..... Extraordinary. There's a difference. But

sense death," I whisper, the

for a long moment she just studies me. Then she

find out where Nyx and Xena come from," she says, almost to herself.

sharp 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

She just tilts her head, her expression thoughtful and serious. "You don't have to feel it for it to be true, Sadie.

a shadow, and suddenly the air

like a shadow, and suddenly the air in the room feels heavier. I'm still trying to

her ears wide open,

tension cracking like glass. I cover my face with both hands, groaning.