They stayed in the room talking for hours. I stopped listening to them, letting the spirits inside of me take over. With every passing hour, I could feel myself drifting further and further away, dying from the inside out. The pain was unbearable, but I was too weak to care about it. All I wanted to do was sleep, but no matter how hard I tried, it never happened.Seb left after a while. I don't know how long he was gone for, but when he returned, he came with books for Pearl, who sat on a chair in the corner across from me, reading through them all. I wanted to tell her there was no point in trying because no matter what she did, she wouldn't be able to help me. Well, at least that's what the spirits inside of me said anyway. Apart of me wanted to believe that they were lying, trying to make me believe whatever they said, so I wouldn't fight to stay and allow one of them to take over my body. I sat in the corner across from Pearl, my head buried in my knees, rocking back and forth. I

No one knew what to do with me because I wouldn't let anyone touch me. So many things were still going on inside my head, and I could still feel all the power that had been inside of me. Their spirits may have left my body, but their powers had not, and I wasn't sure how to deal with that. I hadn't even worked out how to deal with my own power yet. Staying in the corner of the room, I listened to them talk as they tried to work out what to do with me. Brax wanted to take me back to his pack, but the others thought that was too dangerous. I hadn't been safe there before, so why would I be safe there now? Jack wanted me to go back home, but it was the same thing. They didn't know if I'd be safe there either. I was more scared of hurting them. I couldn't control my powers, and now I had more. I had no hope of getting a handle on them any time soon. "What about a coven of witches?" Pearl asked. We could take her there, and they could teach her how to control her powers."They all stood

I rolled over as the sun hit my face; slowly opening my eyes, I looked over to the chair Brax had been sitting in to find that he was gone. Sitting up, I let my eyes adjust to the brightness in the room. Blue sat up, wagging his tail at me, giving him a pat on my head I swung my legs out of bed before standing up and going to find clothes to put on. My stomach was growling at me with hunger. I can't remember the last time I had a proper meal. Making my way down the stairs, I could hear people talking. I didn't want to have to face everyone yet, but I knew that I didn't have a choice. Walking into the dining room, everyone stopped what they were doing, all looking at me, making me uncomfortable."hi," I shifted on my feet, playing with my fingers."Well, good afternoon, sleepy head," my father said back, making me wonder how long I had been asleep.Brax stood up, pulling out a chair for me and gesturing for me to sit. As I sat down, a flashback of the last time I was in this room rush

He grabs my hand, pulls me to my feet, and leads me out of the room and down the hall to a staircase I hadn't been up before, but I'm only guessing leads to his room. I let him guide me up there, coming to two big double doors. He pauses in front of them. "You don't have to, but I'd love it if you spent the night with me."It wouldn't be my first night with him, but his question made me nervous for some reason. I hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say. But then I looked into his eyes and saw the way he looked at me; his eyes were filled with love and want. Seeing that he wasn't trying to hide his emotions made me want to stay with him. I would have to get used to sleeping next to him if I was going to be the mother of his child and, hopefully, one day, his mate again."I would love to," I replied with a smile, feeling a wave of excitement wash over me.He opened the doors and led me into his room, which was even more beautiful than I had imagined. The bed was large and inviting

As soon as I was done talking with Brax, I headed to the library to start working out a way to bring Ava back; Pearl joined me. She thought having two people reading would be better than one. I had to promise her that I wouldn't zone out and let my powers overtake me, which was a lot easier said than done. It also meant reading was a lot slower than it could have been, but I accepted the help, knowing this was not something that I could do on my own. We spent hours pouring over books, researching different spells and rituals that could potentially bring Ava back. Drawing her spirit out of my necklace was the easy part; the hard part was going to be finding a way to put her spirit into something since we didn't know where her body was, and from everything I had read, it wasn't a good idea to use her body anyway every book that spoke about bring people back from the dead made it very clear that using a body that had been dead for some time lead to horrible things. Pearl offered her in