CHAPTER 41
MAEValerio stood next to his bed and crossed his arms. “We need to train.”
Sunlight burst through the curtains, the AC making me shiver. I pulled the blankets over my head and pleaded for five more minutes of rest. I hadn’t had this much good sleep in weeks. But the more I begged, the harder Valerio tugged on the blankets.
“Why?” I grumbled to him, sitting up and leaning against his headboard.
“Out of bed,” Valerio said. “Now.”
After huffing and puffing, I pulled on some fresh clothes and walked with him down to the cellar. “Your shift from a demigoddess to a Goddess is much harder on the body than a shift from human to werewolf. Everything is stronger and more powerful. Your body needs to be ready.”
Valerio didn’t ask me if I wanted to accept my power; he just assumed. It
