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

wand she was using forgotten in her hand, and for a moment all I can

The word echoes like a curse in my

it came to power. If even they couldn't

unease. What if Raven's right? What if this

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

sarcasm.

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

Xena can sense death," I whisper, the words tasting strange on my

stills again. Her brows pull together, and for a long moment she just studies me. Then she

says, almost to herself. "Because

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 feel divine. Half the time I don't even

don't have to feel it for it to be true, Sadie. Sometimes power shapes us before we even understand what it

me like a shadow, and suddenly the air

feels heavier. I'm still trying

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

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