10

There was a fast surge of power within Leonidas the moment Leo’s lips touched hers. For years, the power inside him has been nothing but a fading ember, silent, buried, and forgotten.

But now his blood roared.

It started as a flicker in his chest. A hear spread through his veins, it felt wild, alive and electrified.

His ears twitched and suddenly the world was not quiet anymore, he could hear everything. Heather’s fast beating heart- the rustle of leaves, even the subtle crack of bone realigning inside his own body.

Leonidas’ eyes snapped open, clearer than they’d been in years. His brown eyes changes, and his face morphed a bit.

He could see everything clearly, the nervous hair on her skin, the pulse in someone’s throat yards away.

Then come the pain, brief and sharp. As the torn skin across his side shimmered. He watched, stunned, as the gash began to knit itself close.

The healing was too fast.

His breath caught as he gasped out, in pleasure, not in pain. And the voice came like a j