Ruby
I had always believed I was ordinary.
A weak Omega.
A rejected mate.
A woman who had nothing but her hands to heal others, while everyone else had power, strength, and purpose.
But now?
Now, I didn’t even recognize myself.
I stood in the center of the training grounds, the morning air crisp against my skin, watching as flames danced at my fingertips.
The power inside me was awake.
And it terrified me.
Manson stood a few feet away, arms crossed over his broad chest, golden eyes locked onto me with an intensity that sent heat curling through my stomach.
“Again,” he ordered.
I swallowed hard, curling my fingers into fists. “I don’t know how.”
“Yes, you do,” he said smoothly. “You just don’t trust yourself.”
He wasn’t wrong.
Ever since last night, after my magic had surged
