Chapter 16: Story to tell
“I don’t know what I am, Ro.” She whispers after a couple of seconds. “Since prom, I’ve woken up in the middle of the forest with a knife in my hand, and I have no clue how I got there or where the knife came from. All I know is that I’ve been killing monsters, and I’d get these terrible migraines afterward. About a week ago, I went to my father’s clinic for some tests and stumbled upon something that made me suspicious. After that, my powers seemed to sharpen, and I was able to consciously use my abilities while I was awake. It was the first time that I could control it. Last night, I was at my dad’s institute because they were going to run a sleep test on me, but something occurred, and it was postponed.”
A guilty pang strikes me again, but I don’t vocalize it. I just gently tuck her in my arms and listen as her story unravels.