What Remembers Me
1238 Words
“Again.”
This time—
I didn’t argue.
I didn’t sigh.
I didn’t roll my eyes or throw back a sarcastic response.
I just… nodded.
Because something had changed.
Not completely.
Not perfectly.
But enough.
I stood in the center of the room, shoulders relaxed, fingers slightly curled at my sides.
Breathing steady.
Aware.
Not forcing it.
Not running from it either.
“Good,” Kael said quietly.
I didn’t look at him.
Didn’t look at the wolf either.
Because the moment I did—
I’d lose it.
And I knew that now.
This required focus.
Stillness.
Let it come.
That’s what they said.
So I did.
Slow inhale.
Exhale.
And there it was.
The warmth.
Familiar now.
Waiting just beneath the surface like it had always been there.
Like it knew me.
Better than I knew myself.
My fingers tingled.
The air shifted.
Soft.
Subtle.
But real.
“Don’t chase it,” Kael murmured.
“I’m not,” I whispered back.
“Don’t hold it either,” the wolf added.
“I’m not doing that either.”
“Then what are you doing?” he asked.
I paused.
Felt it.
Listened.
“…letting it breathe.”
Silence followed.
Not tense.
Not critical.
Different.
“Good,” Kael said again.
This time—
It sounded like he meant it.
The warmth spread slowly through my chest, down my arms, settling into my hands like something alive.
It didn’t burn.
Not like before.
It pulsed.
Steady.
Controlled.
Mine.
My breath stayed even.
For a moment—
Everything felt… right.
Balanced.
Like whatever this was—
It had stopped fighting me.
And I had stopped fighting it.
“Now move it,” Kael said.
My eyes opened.
“What?”
“Guide it.”
That word again.
Control.
I hesitated.
Just slightly.
And immediately—
The warmth flickered.
Unstable.
The wolf noticed.
“Don’t think,” he said quickly. “Just do.”
Easy for him to say.
Still—
I tried.
I focused on the feeling in my hands.
On the energy.
The pulse.
And slowly—
Carefully—
I pushed.
Not forced.
Not grabbed.
Just… nudged.
The air in front of me shifted.
A ripple.
Small.
But visible.
My breath caught.
“Did you see that?” I asked.
“Yes,” Kael said.
“Again,” the wolf added.
Of course.
I exhaled and tried again.
This time—
The response was faster.
Stronger.
The ripple expanded slightly, bending the air like heat over stone.
A small laugh escaped me.
“I did that.”
There was something almost disbelieving in my voice.
Because—
I had.
Not by accident.
Not out of fear.
But on purpose.
“You’re doing it,” the wolf said, a hint of approval in his tone.
Kael said nothing.
But I felt his attention sharpen.
That was enough.
I focused again.
Pushed further.
The energy responded—
But this time—
It didn’t stop.
It surged.
Sudden.
Sharp.
Too fast.
My breath hitched.
“Wait—”
The warmth spiked into heat.
My control slipped.
The ripple snapped into something stronger—
A force.
The air cracked outward—
“Stop.”
Kael’s voice cut through sharply.
But it was too late.
The energy burst forward, slamming into the far wall with a loud impact.
The room trembled.
Silence followed.
My chest heaved as I stood frozen, staring at the mark my power had left behind.
Not a c***k.
A dent.
Deep.
Real.
“What… was that?” I whispered.
“You pushed too far,” Kael said.
“I didn’t mean to.”
“I know.”
The wolf stepped closer.
“You felt it change, didn’t you?”
I nodded slowly.
“It got… stronger.”
“And you didn’t pull back.”
“I didn’t know how.”
“That’s the problem.”
My hands trembled slightly.
“I thought I had it.”
“You did,” Kael said. “Until you didn’t.”
That didn’t help.
At all.
Frustration bubbled up again.
“I can’t just guess my way through this.”
“You’re not guessing,” the wolf said. “You’re learning.”
“Feels like guessing.”
“That’s because you don’t trust it yet.”
That again.
Trust.
I looked down at my hands.
At the faint glow still lingering beneath my skin.
“How am I supposed to trust something I don’t understand?”
Neither of them answered immediately.
Then—
Kael spoke.
“You don’t.”
I looked up.
“What?”
“You understand it,” he corrected. “Then you trust it.”
“That’s backwards.”
“No,” he said. “It’s survival.”
The words settled heavily in my chest.
Before I could respond—
The mark pulsed.
Hard.
Stronger than before.
Pain shot through my wrist.
I gasped, grabbing it as the heat flared again—sharp, urgent, different.
“What is that?” I breathed.
Neither answered.
Because they felt it too.
I saw it in their faces.
The shift.
Immediate.
Dangerous.
“Something’s wrong,” I said.
“No,” the wolf replied quietly.
“Something’s coming.”
My heart slammed against my ribs.
“What?”
The air changed.
Cold.
Then—
Hot.
Then something else entirely.
Unfamiliar.
Ancient.
The warmth inside me reacted instantly.
Not just responding—
Reaching.
My breath caught.
“Do you feel that?” I whispered.
“Yes,” Kael said.
But his voice—
It wasn’t calm anymore.
The control was still there.
But beneath it—
Something darker.
More serious.
“What is it?” I asked.
Silence.
Then—
A voice.
Not in the room.
Not from either of them.
Inside my head.
Soft.
Faint.
But clear.
“You’ve awakened.”
I froze.
My pulse spiked.
“Did you hear that?” I whispered.
Both of them looked at me.
Sharp.
Focused.
“Hear what?” Kael asked.
My stomach dropped.
“There’s a voice.”
The wolf’s expression changed instantly.
Not confusion.
Recognition.
“What did it say?” he asked.
My throat went dry.
“…it said I’ve awakened.”
Silence hit the room like a blow.
Heavy.
Unavoidable.
Kael’s jaw tightened.
The wolf went still.
Completely.
“Tell me that’s not what I think it is,” the wolf muttered.
“It is,” Kael said quietly.
My chest tightened.
“What are you talking about?”
Neither answered.
Again.
But this time—
It wasn’t avoidance.
It was something else.
Something worse.
Confirmation.
Fear.
My pulse raced.
“What did I just do?”
Kael looked at me.
Really looked.
Not controlled.
Not distant.
Something darker.
Something certain.
“You didn’t just access your power,” he said.
My breath caught.
“Then what did I do?”
A pause.
Heavy.
Final.
“You triggered your origin.”
The words hit like a shockwave.
My mind reeled.
“My… what?”
Before he could answer—
The voice came again.
Stronger this time.
Closer.
“They will come for you now.”
A chill ran down my spine.
My grip tightened on my wrist.
“What does that mean?” I demanded.
But deep down—
I already knew.
Whatever I was—
Whatever this power was—
It had just revealed itself.
Not just to them.
To everyone.
And this time—
There was no hiding from it.
- Writer
