You Didn't Tell Me I Was This
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The room was too quiet.
Not peaceful.
Not safe.
Just… still.
The creatures lay scattered across the floor, unmoving, like the life had been pulled out of them in a single moment. Dust hung faintly in the air from the impact, and the broken door creaked slightly with the night wind pushing through.
But none of that held my attention.
I was staring at my hand.
The same hand I had just raised—
The same hand that had stopped them.
Thrown them.
Like it was nothing.
My fingers trembled slightly as I lowered it, my chest rising and falling slower now, more controlled. The energy inside me hadn’t disappeared. It lingered beneath my skin, quiet… but present.
Alive.
“You felt that,” I said softly.
Kael didn’t answer immediately.
When I looked at him, I saw it.
That shift again.
Not fear.
But something close to it.
“I saw it,” he replied.
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
“You didn’t tell me I could do that.”
“I didn’t know you could do that,” he said.
I frowned.
“You knew something.”
Silence.
And that was all the answer I needed.
My chest tightened slightly.
“You’ve been hiding things from me since the moment I woke up.”
Kael exhaled slowly, running a hand through his hair like he was trying to hold onto control.
“I was trying to protect you.”
“From what?” I asked. “The truth?”
“Yes.”
The word landed harder than I expected.
I stared at him.
“You don’t get to decide what I can handle.”
“I do when it puts your life at risk,” he replied.
“And what about now?” I asked, stepping closer. “Does this look like I can’t handle it?”
The air between us shifted.
Tense.
Charged.
Because we both knew—
Something had changed.
Not just around me.
Inside me.
Kael’s gaze dropped briefly to my stomach, then back to my eyes.
“That power isn’t normal,” he said quietly.
“I’m starting to understand that.”
“And you’re not scared?” he asked.
I hesitated.
Just for a second.
Because the truth wasn’t simple.
“I was,” I admitted.
My voice softened slightly.
“But now… it doesn’t feel like something I need to run from.”
That made his expression harden.
“That’s exactly what worries me.”
I held his gaze.
“Why?”
“Because power like that doesn’t just exist,” he said. “It comes with a reason.”
A chill ran through me.
“What kind of reason?”
Kael didn’t answer right away.
Instead, his eyes darkened slightly, his voice lowering just enough to make my chest tighten.
“The kind that gets people killed.”
The words settled heavily between us.
But this time—
I didn’t step back.
Because something deep inside me already knew—
This wasn’t the end of the danger.
It was just the beginning.
And whatever I had become…
It was something no one—not even Kael—fully understood yet. 😈🔥
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