Chapter 206\u00a0<\/p>\n
The tingling under my skin gels stronger, like whatever\u2019s inside me is reacting to my emotions: I try to push it doen, but it doesn\u2019t want to go sam\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room goes quiet again. Derek shuffles through h his papers, Sarah fidgets with her coffee cup. Orion keeps fucking between Tristan and me live trying to figure out what he\u2019s thinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Derek\u2019s papers make soft rustling sounds that seem too loud in the silence. Sarah\u2019s spoon anything. Orion shifts his weight from one foot to the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s waiting. Everyone\u2019s holding their breath to see what Tristan\u2019s going to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then Tristan leans forward and says something that makes my heart skip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if Athena actually tries to heal someone?*\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hang in the air. Nobody moves, it felt like we all stopped breathing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
clinks against her mug even though she\u2019s not stirring\u00a0<\/p>\n
My first thought is that I heard him wrong. That he couldn\u2019t possibly have suggested what I think he just suggested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My second thought is that he\u2019s lost his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My third thought is that maybe, just maybe, he\u2019s onto something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan continues his voice getting stronger as he goes. \u201cDerek said the power isn\u2019t evil. That it only hurts people when it feels cornered or threatened. That it could transfer life too right?\u201d He turned to Derek who nods his head in agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Derek\u2019s nod is slow but sure. \u201cThe texts describe it as life magic. It can take life, but theoretically, it can be able to give life too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s true, then maybe it doesn\u2019t have to destroy things. Maybe it can do the opposite. What if instead of being scared of it, Athena learns to direct it? To make it help instead of harm?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The idea is so foreign, so impossible, that I can barely wrap my head around it. it\u2019s ever touched, could actually save people instead?\u00a0<\/p>\n
This\u00a0<\/p>\n
thing inside\u00a0<\/p>\n
me,\u00a0<\/p>\n
this horrible cursed power that\u2019s killed everyone\u00a0<\/p>\n
I watch as heads start nodding around the room. Slow at first, then faster. Orion\u2019s that way they do when he thinks something might actually work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even Sarah, gives a small nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n
mouth tightens like he\u2019s trying not to smile, but his eyes get soft in\u00a0<\/p>\n
They believe it. They think it could work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that should make me feel better. It should make the hope in my chest burn brighter. But instead, my stomach knots up tight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because believing it could work and actually making it work are two completely different things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ube68\ub9ac\u00a0<\/p>\n
The question screams in my head. How am I supposed to do that? How can I try to heal someone when I can\u2019t even touch another person without worrying I\u2019ll kill them?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 208\u00a0<\/p>\n
ltum rak i open msall up to me teething I dont underent? How can I took this pracer dubinan\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2013 he st\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wesak of 1 try to give file and end up taking it lateed! Whit\u00a0<\/p>\n
try\u00a0<\/p>\n
SAVE 1 SAMONA \u00c1nd detry the completely!\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if the power doesn\u2019t want to heal? What if it only knows how to kill, aru! I\u2019m just feeding myself into fucking it diffe\u00a0<\/p>\n
My throat closes up. My voice comes out cracked and small. But how? What if i hurt them? What if i take instead of giver ()\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fear in my voice is obvious. 1 can hear it, and I know everyone else can hear it too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nobody answers right away, the silence presses down on all of us like a weight. The air feels thick and hard to breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes start to burn with tears I don\u2019t want to cry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so tired of crying. I\u2019m so tired of being scared. But I can\u2019t seem to stop either one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I want to believe what they\u2019re saying. I want to have faith in Tristan\u2019s idea. But all I can think about are Seraphine\u2019s and Daxon\u2019s cold, empty bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They\u2019d died because I couldn\u2019t control what was inside me. How can I ask someone else to risk that? How can I?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of putting another person in danger because of what I am makes me feel sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of watching another person die because I couldn\u2019t control this thing makes me want to run away and never come back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah breaks the quiet first. Her voice is soft but steady. \u201cI think it\u2019ll work, but who are we going to find for her to try and heal?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The question hits me like a slap. My chest gets tight. I hate how it sounds, like I\u2019m some kind of weapon that needs testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like someone has to put their life on the line just so I can prove I\u2019m not a monster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I look down at my hands again. They\u2019re still shaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shaking is getting worse. The humming under my skin is getting louder. I can feel the power stirring inside me, responding to my emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if it gets out again? What if it decides it doesn\u2019t like being discussed like this and reaches out for the closest person?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if it thooses Tristan this time? Or Orion? Or Sarah?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought makes me want to run. To get as far away from all of them as possible before this thing inside me decides to hurt someone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then Tristan speaks, and his voice is quiet and sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMe.\u201d I shot my eyes up immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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