Chapter 241

Audrey

When I woke, I found myself in bed back at the apartment. Edwin was stroking my hair, a worried look etched into his face as he stared down at me.

“Oh, good. You’re awake,” he said, his voice soft when my eyes fluttered open. “You had me worried there for a bit.”

I groaned softly and tried to push myself up to a seated position, but it was no use. My arms trembled beneath my weight and I flopped back against the pillows. “I feel… drained,” I croaked.

Edwin shook his head and lifted a glass of water to my lips. I drank deeply, grateful for the soothing sensation as it poured down my dry throat.

“That’s because you are drained,” he replied, a somewhat scolding tone to his voice. “You used up just about every last drop of your Silver Star powers.”

He didn’t need to tell me twice for me to realize that he was right. That silvery pool of energy inside of me felt nearly entirely empty now, save for whatever was necessary to keep me breathing.

Even my wolf was weak and tired. When I reached for her presence, she didn’t respond; she was just resting, but too

calls. exhausted to answer my

“Oh,” I said. “I guess I went a little far, didn’t I?”

My mate huffed softly at that as he set aside the glass and helped prop me up on some pillows. I was wearing one of his oversized t-shirts now, indicating that he must have changed me out of my dirty clothes himself while I was unconscious.

“You can say that again,” he remarked wryly. “Audrey, you didn’t need to heal all of those kids. Not in one night, at least. You’re honestly lucky you passed out before you drained your entire life force.”

warm up beneath my touch. Her little smile had awakened something deep inside of me, and I hadn’t been able to stop myself from healing all

and leave the rest,”

there are millions of children dying of cancer in the world. Some are

heal everyone. But when I see an opportunity in front of me, I’m going to take it. You can’t really fault

softened. Finally, with another shake of his head and an incredulous

us spoke for some time after that, although we didn’t need to. I could feel his approval down the bond, even if it was laced with a healthy dose of scolding. We both

necessary.

my voice softer now, “now that I’m the Silver Star, it’s sort of my duty to help people like that,

shot up. “You don’t have to, you know. It’s not your ‘duty. You’re still a person on your own, not a tool

“I know. But I think…” I thought back on those moments

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and I had finally, truly, become

me during those moments. The feeling of peace.

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as the Silver Star,” I said quietly. “All this time, I felt like I needed to cling to ‘Audrey’, because I feared that once I became the Silver

was never going to go anywhere. My soul has always been the Silver Star-throughout every

words, I knew that they were true. ‘Audrey’ was never at risk

Silver Star who was at risk of being stripped

Star now,” I finished. “I think I’m ready to let that part of myself emerge. I’m

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