CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN

“Kayla?” Sarah’s voice is shaking.

Kayla just smiles, allowing Sarah to touch her face, “Sorry. This must come as a shock to you.”

Malcolm is already healing as he hobbles over, “She achieved her original form. That’s what happens when the Phoenix undergoes both her transformations. It shouldn’t happen this early on but when it does, she will assume her adult form, and her memories of all past lives will return.”

Kayla studies me and Sarah, “It’s how I died during the Great War. I had been far too young to sustain the transformations and I had gone through too much emotional pain. This time, you and Lucas took me in, loved me, and allowed me to make peace with my family’s deaths. You gave me a new family. It’s how I was able to retain my adult form this time because I wanted to live.”

Sarah touches her cheek, carefully and Kayla laughs, “I’m not going to break. I’m still me!”

I am the first one to reach out and hug her. Sarah follows suit.

“I’m so glad you’re okay!” S