“But why… why now? All my life, even up until a few days ago, I never felt anything. No signs, nothing strange. Then suddenly, everything spiraled out of control. Why so fast? Why like this?”
Helen’s eyes lingered on me, and she sighed softly, like she had expected the question. “In the supernatural, nothing happens without the right string being pulled,” she explained. “Something triggered this, Faye. Something that is beyond us.”
I listened carefully.
She lifted her gaze to the space ahead of us. “It could be age. Sometimes when a child of power comes of age, the gifts awaken suddenly. It could also be the mate bond—the connection between you and Alexander. That bond alone has the strength to stir what is dormant inside you the moment the bond began to grow stronger.”
My cheeks flush
