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."

lead, sinking into the pits of

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

like a curse in

the food chain when it came to power. If even they couldn't do what

unease. What if Raven's right?

"So, you're saying I'm what? A freak?" My voice cracks on

sarcasm.

Not a freak..... Extraordinary. There's a difference. But I get why it scares you.

death," I whisper,

long moment she just studies me.

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

shake it, gef. Gedy? That's a little dramatic, don't you think? 1 mean, I don't exactly feel divine. Half the

expression thoughtful and serious. "You don't have to feel it

words settle over me like a shadow, and suddenly the air

suddenly the air in the room feels heavier. I'm still trying to swallow it down when Aspen's little voice cuts through, bright and

to her game but her ears wide open, “does that mean Mommy can give me a rainbow

bursts out laughing, the tension cracking like glass. I cover my face with both hands,