Eve
"Now,"
I startled, every hair on my body standing up right at what I was seeing and hearing.
My eyes shone, brighter and brighter, so hot that it was almost unbearable. I blinked.
Rhea?!
"Now," The voice came again, distant yet so near that it felt like a person spoke right by my ear.
My heart was no longer beating, it was pulsing; a deep, resonant pulse that reverberated through my entire being, thrumming in sync with the force stirring inside me. My grip tightened on the gun, my strength surging beyond anything I had ever known. Jules struggled, her lips parting in a gasp, but I was no longer afraid.
Rhea.
The name echoed through my bones, a whisper of something ancient, something that had always been a part of me, lying dormant beneath my skin, waiting.
