a's

ence that made my skin crawl. Kian and I had been moving for hours, trying to protect ourselves from Cyrus's force as m

r anything. He hadn't said much since we'd left the cave, and I didn't blame him

a tiny chang

ere dancing across my skin. I wrote it off, blaming it on worry and tiredness. But over the course of the following few hours, th

my breath stuck in

his blue eyes troubled

I responded, "I... I don't

stepped forward

my hands and noticed the fai

there were tiny, delicate designs that lo

aid till my voice c

, his warmth and soothing touch. "Lilia, this

oonstone Gift? But how? I believed it might h

s well. As the mother, you are the channel for the Gift. It explains

pounding. "I don't under

l, Lila. It's also becoming more powerful. You need to be car

y gut twisted with fe

blasted through the trees. I gasped and threw my hands to my stomach as th

and observed in a tone of d

ing. "No, I didn't. Really, I d

moonstone gift, Lila. The ability to control the weather. But you have to

ght lines on my skin. They were brighter now, and they t

breaking, "I'm not sure if I

n't know how powerful you are, Lila. And you're not

no matter what. The hurt of his rejection, though, was still very much there. "Kian." I started, but a cold rushed through me

?" Kian's v

t know." However, I notice someth

ody tight and preparing for war, h

skin's glowing lines were now more intense, pulsing with

nd in the calm forest. But even though I couldn't see it, I c

a shaky voice

id in a steady, low v

orm collecting just below the surface, I could feel the power withi

d come. There was a strange silence that m

voice was hardly h

m not sure. However, we must continue

sparkling prints on my skin disappeared, but the tingly feeli

s. The woods looked darker, the shadows more threatening and deepe

Kian." "What if this power is beyond my

ermination. "Lila, you will. You will, I'm sure. You underesti