جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 20

The decision didn’t feel real… not at first.Thalia stood there, looking at Kael, then at the three brothers behind her.Everything felt like it was moving too fast.Too sudden.But deep down, she knew one thing—She couldn’t go back to how things were.“You’re really doing this?” Dorian asked, his voice tight.Thalia looked at him. “Yes.”“That’s stupid.”“Maybe,” she said calmly. “But staying here isn’t any smarter.” Dorian scoffed and looked away.Damon stepped closer. “Thalia… think about this carefully,” he said. “You don’t know where he’s taking you.”“I know,” she replied. “You don’t know what he wants.”“I know that too.”“Then why?”Her eyes softened a little.“Because at least he’s not pretending like nothing is wrong,” she said.Silence followed.That hit deeper than she expected.Dracula finally moved.He stepped closer, stopping right in front of her.His eyes locked onto hers.Sharp. Quiet.“You’re trusting him,” he said. It wasn’t a question.Thalia hesitated for a sec

The girl didn’t look away.Not even for a second.Her eyes stayed on Thalia like she was trying to read something written on her skin.Thalia shifted slightly under that stare.“…Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.The girl blinked, like she had just remembered herself.“Sorry,” she said quickly. “I just—” she paused, then shook her head. “I didn’t think I’d actually see you.”Thalia frowned.“See me? Do I know you?”The girl gave a small smile.“No… but I know about you.”That didn’t make her feel better.“Enough,” Kael said calmly.The girl straightened a little.“Right.”She looked at him.“You actually found her.”“Yes.”“And you brought her here.”“Yes.”The girl let out a breath, almost like she was trying to calm herself.“This is… big,” she muttered.Thalia crossed her arms slightly.“Can someone explain what’s going on?”The girl looked at her again.This time, her gaze was softer.Less intense.“I’m sorry,” she said. “We’re not trying to confuse you.”“It’s work

The words didn’t leave her head.They stayed there… heavy and loud.You are one of the reasons it exists.Thalia didn’t move.She just stood there, staring at the elders like she was waiting for them to take it back.To say it was a mistake.A joke.Anything.But no one laughed.No one corrected it.No one looked unsure.They all looked certain.“…No,” she said finally.Her voice was quiet, but firm.“That’s not true.”The woman didn’t react.“Why do you think that?” she asked calmly.Thalia shook her head.“Because it doesn’t make sense,” she said. “I’m just… me.”“You are more than that,” the older man replied.She let out a small, dry laugh.“Everyone keeps saying that.”Her chest tightened.Her mind was racing too fast.Nothing was connecting.“I grew up like a normal person,” she continued. “I went to school. I had a life. Maybe not perfect, but it was real. So don’t stand there and tell me I’m some… ancient being or whatever.”Silence followed.Not angry silence.Not tense.Just

Sleep didn’t come easy.Thalia turned on the bed for what felt like the hundredth time.Her eyes were closed… but her mind refused to rest.Every time she tried, something pulled her back.A memory.A voice.A feeling she couldn’t explain.She let out a quiet sigh and opened her eyes.The room was dark, but not completely.A faint golden light slipped through the window, soft and calm.Not like normal light.It felt… alive.She sat up slowly.Her head felt heavy.Not from sleep… but from everything else.“This place is strange,” she muttered to herself.Her gaze moved toward the window.Something outside caught her attention.Movement.She frowned slightly and stood up.Carefully, she walked toward the window.At first, she saw nothing unusual.Just trees.The same quiet forest.Then she saw it again.A faint glow.Moving.Her brows pulled together.“What is that?”Without thinking too much, she stepped back, slipped on her shoes, and walked toward the door.She paused for a second.T

The stone stayed broken on the ground.Thalia couldn’t stop looking at it.Two clean pieces.No cracks spreading. No mess.Just… split.Because of her.She slowly lifted her gaze to her hands again.They didn’t look different.No glow. No mark.Nothing that showed what she had just done.“…That was me,” she said quietly.Lyra nodded.“Yes.”Thalia let out a slow breath.“I didn’t even touch it.”“You’re not supposed to,” Lyra replied.That answer didn’t sit well with her.“So I just… think it, and it happens?”“Not exactly,” Lyra said.“Then what exactly?”Lyra paused for a second, choosing her words.“You feel it,” she said.“Then you guide it.”Thalia frowned.“Guide what?”“The energy.”She looked down again.“It doesn’t feel like I’m guiding anything,” she admitted.“That’s because you’re still new to it,” Lyra said.Thalia shook her head slightly.“It feels like it’s moving on its own.”Lyra’s expression changed just a little.“That’s what we need to fix.”Silence.Thalia looked