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The good thing about Lisa’s apartment is that it’s soundproof.
That means, with Kellan gone, we can talk to our
heart’s content.
Which is exactly what we do, as I fill Lisa in on what I experienced while I was unconscious. Lisa looks
confused.
“I know I’m a human, but that doesn’t sound like wolf is emerging. It sounds unrelated to wolves entirely.”
your
Precisely, Selene says, her tone approving. She likes
Lisa.
“Selene agrees,” I translate for Lisa.
It is an awakening, but not of your wolf. She snorts and gives a quick shake of her head. I’m already awake.
I laugh, and Lisa looks at me with a questioning stare.
So, of course, I tell her.
It’s unfortunate she can’t hear Selene.
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“She’s funny,” Lisa remarks, petting Selene’s ears. Despite knowing the dog in front of her is a wolf on the inside, she hasn’t stopped treating Selene as a lovable husky.
“So, an awakening of what, exactly?”
Your powers, she says, her words terse. The necklace will do no good for you now. The ring, too. You’ve grown too powerful. It’s time to train before you get yourself killed.
Oh.
That doesn’t sound good.
It does not, she confirms grimly. Unfortunately, I don’t know where we can go for tutelage.
“Okay, so I have to learn on my own then.”
That carries great risk.
The grimace that twists my face has Lisa’s eyes bouncing between me and Selene, but she sits
patiently, waiting for the summary.
was in a coma
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her ears
hard can it
me. Do you even
access your power?
to think of
know what it
Also no.
you know its limitations?
that, too.
the couch, I stare at the ceiling. “This is pointless.
Lisa finally asks, nearly bursting with
curiosity.
she squints her eyes at me with a doubtful stare. “What about Sister Miriam?”
Who is Sister Miriam? Is she
in shock. “Why would you think she’s a
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part of a church. Brother, Sister, Father,
That’s just bizarre.
eyebrow, I think back to Sister Miriam. Of the way my mother reacted to her presence. Of her bizarre behavior and
vampire.” She’s definitely something, anyway.
possible she may know something. But it is also possible she
in me when we met.”
like interesting things. They eat boring things.
a thought I never wanted to have in
Lisa questions after I fill her in again. “How would
you?”
knowledge in their community. Despite popular opinion, they are not evil or terrifying. Just
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off. “You just said she might try to kill
Yes.
In
doesn’t sound like finicky is a
describe them.”
tilts her head again. No, it is
Okay, then.
know something–but how the hell
these
way.” S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and
silence, our one idea already dashed. Lisa stares out the window. Selene rests her head in my
it through, I can only think of one solution.
try to figure it out on my own. I
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huffs, her mental grumbling vibrating in my ears. Lisa looks doubtful, but all she
to think of how
to mind.
was running faster. It came to me; I
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