Chapter Eleven Caia’s Awakening
Standing just behind the bedroom door was Archai, eyes wide and bright with anticipation. The moment he made eye contact with the Voice of Apan, he dropped to his knee in reverence. “Caia,” he said, unable to keep his head down for more than a few short seconds. He grinned even wider. “I felt something change, and here you are. Your eyes are blue. Your hair is white. You—you are—”
“I am Caia,” Caia replied. "Still much of Ella’s body, but the human essence is now weaving with my own."
Archai rose to his feet. The air around him vibrated with excited energy but diminished just as quickly as it first sprang to life. "What's wrong?" he asked, the concerned inflection in his voice clear.
"I remember what I did," she replied, dropping her bags by the bed as s
