Nyx

"I don't think that's a good idea." Felix gave Selina a signal of some kind she came forward immediately, grabbing me by my arm and she dragged me away from that jerk. How dare he say that? We were outside in the gardens, I tried to calm myself, there was no need for me to get so worked up because of him.

"I don't like you," Sharon said as she followed us outside like it was some news to me. She had made her disdain clear before. "But I was impressed," she said taking me aback. She was impressed? For what? Now that I was looking at her, she was looking at me in admiration.

"He is powerful really powerful," Selina added.

"More powerful than Felix. No one messes with him." Sharon continued. Is that the reason why they are impressed? He is powerful. Not anyone can sense black magic from a mile away. And that aura of his, there was no use hiding it.

The reason I was angry at him was because he was with us the whole time, and he let Sharon made that mistake. If he already knew about the black magic, he should have warned her to be careful. No, he was creeping around invisible, as if waiting for them to make a mistake so he could reprimand them.

Maybe they have some history that I don't know about, I should not think badly of him when I hardly know anything about him. They seem to have a weird tension around them. I should just stay away from them. It is not like I am going to be there, when the engagement of the witch princess is over, I will be gone from here. Then there will be no Felix, no Aiden, and more importantly no Sharon.

Selina jerked frowning when Sharon tried to touch her hand, the same hand that I had nearly burned. She was still hurt, because of me. My heart squeezed in my chest; it was all because I was not able to control my powers. If only I was as good as Nyx in handling my powers, then I would have healed her. She would not be in pain.

Then it hit me. What if I cannot help Selina Nyx can. Nyx can do everything. I reached inside myself and called her. I can feel her dormant inside me. I rarely if ever call her, we usually communicate with our memories and nothing more.

"Nyx" I called her, she was surprisingly on the surface, we feel everything the other is feeling, she must have sensed my agitation. "When will you learn to use your own magic." she replied, it looks like I have woken her from her slumber.

"Help me." I said, she already knows what had happened and what I need help with, it comes in handy that she lives inside my head.

"If you hadn't been so afraid, so repulsed of your own demon side, you would have been able to control the fire." She sounded angry, what she said is true, but how can I not be afraid of what I am when I hurt so many by just being myself. How can I not be repulsed at myself when my own family is disgusted by me.

I could feel the tears forming as the face of my grandmother flashed in front of my eyes, how the hatred in her eyes shimmered like a living thing when she found out about me. How my stepmother, the woman who I had loved like my own mother was smiling as I was dragged away from home.

I was on the verge of losing control when I felt calm take over. I no longer feel tears the sadness, but a burning anger lit inside me as I felt Nyx take over, there was confidence, I feel my posture as I straightened to my full height, the shame I was feeling was nowhere to be found in its place was boldness. The courage I had never felt before, this is why I like Nyx, I wish I was never Morana, only ever Nyx.

I was moving towards Selena with sureness, not with fear that I might hurt her, but with the confidence that I can take her pain away. Selinas brows furrowed as she saw me. "Morana, I told you; I am fine."

"I know you are not fine," I find myself say, there was a slight difference in my voice, it was deep, more seductive, it felt like music. "But you will be." I took her hand in both of mine, I could feel her pain, it was sharp, it was burning, she was being brave, trying not to trigger me again. I can feel as the power inside me, the one that I keep losing control of, that has me shaking, reach out as if it was pet, when Nyx called it.

It purred inside me, bending itself to Nyx's command. I was amazed as my hands shimmed and the spell took effect, I could feel the pain lessening, Selina's eyes widened, then they furrowed in confusion, as her hand was healed completely from the inside. There was awe in her eyes.

Awe that I was also feeling, I had known that Nyx can use my powers the powers of a witch, I had also seen her use them in the memories, but this was different. I can feel it. It was like I was using them, but instead if running rampant my powers were compliant, they were happy, they wanted to be let out.

I had never been so jealous of anyone in my life as I was jealous of myself. Why can't I use my powers when Nyx was practically playing with them?

"Don't be jealous." Nyx said in my head. How can I not be.

There was a commotion behind us. "What happened?" Felix confused voice sounded as I could see Aiden appear in the garden. I could feel Nyx becoming dormant again. And I was back. Aiden was staring at me, his eyes narrowed, "Why did you suddenly left?" Felix asked him looking around in confusion. But Aiden was not even looking at him. He was staring at me, with an intensity that had me questioning if he had somehow found out about me. There is no way.