Chapter 69 – The Promise

“Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.” – Anthony Hitt

Kiya

I woke up in my bed with a splitting headache. Exerting my newfound powers must have drained me and knocked me out cold. The last thing I remembered before blacking out was Neron’s arms grabbing me before I dropped to the floor. Thank goodness he had been there, or else I would have woken up with worse pain.

Rising from my pillow, I ruffled my hair and stretched the corkscrew curls to examine them. My hair had changed back to my natural color as I slept. Not only have I fully awoken‘ as Selene called it, but my appearance dramatically changed when I did.

“Good Goddess…” I mumbled, rubbing my forehead. Selene’s power seethed beneath my flesh, warming sensations more prominent than before. I felt weird like I wasn’t in my own body. Having a separate energy source that was out of my control weighed on me mentally. How much power was stored inside my body? Was I like a ticking time bomb? Could my powers hurt me or others?

I wish Phoebe were here. She would help me, especially since she was a fellow avatar. She always made me feel safe. Her motherly energy, despite being four months older than me, was something I needed now.

“You’re awake.”

I jumped, spotting Neron sitting at my desk. His large body in a smaller chair was an interesting sight. “Yeah, I assume you brought me here?”

He nodded. “You fainted at the hospital. It seemed fitting to bring you here.”

“I’m half surprised you didn’t take me to your room. Now that I’ve mentioned it, I’ve never seen his room. I was never allowed near it, not even to clean it. Curiosity piqued my interest, what sort of things would Neron have in his room? Pictures of women? Was everything carved out of wood? Was it made to fit royalty?

“That thought crossed my mind.” He confessed. “But I thought it’d be best for you to wake up in a familiar

room.”

“How did you get in?”

“Door was unlocked.”

“Oh…” Right. I rushed out as soon as I heard the screams. Locking my door was the least of my worries. “Um…thank you, I guess.”

is my pleasure.” He shuffled out of the chair, albeit noisily, and stretched his arms toward the ceiling,

shrug my shoulders. “Okay, I guess.” Honestly, it was difficult to put my feelings into words. The only word I could describe was strange. I transformed into something else. Instead of shifting to a wolf, I shifted to

his

The Promise

you. Believe me, I do too.”

to reply, so he continued, “How long have you

years ago during training back home. I accidentally hurt a

“A friend?”

is her name and she’s amazing. She’s a witch whose part of my pack and the avatar of Hekate, the Goddess of

eyes widened in shock. “There are more

haven’t met anyone else outside of Phoebe.” I

in thought “I know how you feel.” I eyed him incredulity as he continued, “Being overwhelmed with the sudden weight of responsibility put on your shoulders like there’s already so much you have to do, but then

I retorted. “You’re an Alpha by birthright, inheriting this entire pack. You have the power

childhood. He carved me out to be his perfect son and the perfect Alpha when all I wanted is

of pain at the thought of Luna Celeste, a beautiful

I with my birth mother. She was firm, but never overbearing. She cared deeply for everyone, treating all pack children like her own

miss Nuria too, my

“Even though you didn’t want to be Alpha, I think. she still would

her right and never

of the toy. Nuria carried that thing everywhere, even when we’d have a sleepover in each other’s bedrooms. It was a big, black and white dog, with stuffing that made it as soft as the clouds in the sky. We would tease each other about who had the better toy, her

hated how my heart twisted at every thought of her, my first

die? I was convinced the Grim Reaper was a

for a moment. In his eyes, many emotions swam in his cobalts, but the one I saw most was griel, “You have every right to hate me as you

I shrugged again, calm. “We’re living with each other until the end

looked pained. “…I’m not looking forward to when that day

this… awakening of mine. I want to believe that you’re

Kiya and I’m a fucking idiot for realizing that alter you died.” There was a brief pause before he asked, “How did you survive that fall off the

sunlight peeks through, spotting my blanket. “You say you love

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