Chapter 17

ZION

Weeks past by and I could feel myself getting stronger. That one action a few weeks ago that led to Brady almost dying sent a rush of power through me. I knew it was wrong, so wrong to use my abilities to harm someone. My mother always taught me to never do something like that but when his thoughts floated into my head, when his greatest fear lingered there a second too long, I couldn't help but act on it.

His blood-curdling screams, whimpers and cries only sent a titillating wave of energy through my body. I could feel how using the dark side of me to do harm only fueled it and I finally understood why Demons, or dark angels if you will, thrived on it. The feeling was almost erotic. A weird way of phrasing it but also so very exact and true. It was like a drug, you start off small but as time goes on that little bit doesn't satisfy you anymore so you seek more.

That's exactly what I was doing rig