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No…
It had taken my all. Everything in my body, to make sure it was all under control.
Especially that energy.
I had not seen this woman or even been in her presence since that night. But her presence had never been this domineering.
To the extent that my energy was thrashing about.
Or was this happening because I had gotten stronger and had a little grasp at controlling it?
There was no other way around it.
The woman's presence made my skin crawl.
I couldn't explain it. She looked normal enough—beautiful as always, even. Her smile was unnervingly pleasant, and her voice was honeyed.
But something inside me recoiled.
It was the same instinct that had warned me away from dark alleys as a child. The same prickling awareness that told me when a stranger's gaze lingered too long. Only magnified a thousandfold.
I wanted to see her.
