Supernatural Inmate (Supernatural Captivity #1) - Avery Song Page 0,95
water and my mind was submerged by memories of the life I'd lived, I was left with growing regret and realized how foolish I was to believe one could have it all.
Would embracing the supernatural being inside me cause my human side to disappear? Would I lose the memories I created in the process? Does it even matter now? I've lost everything. Even myself.
The dreadful thought made me wish to sink faster. To lie still and let the growing sadness plague me.
I went from a normal life of shopping, good company, food, and dreams, to running for my life to secure that very normalcy I took for granted. Kidnapped and handcuffed with others in captivity, tested again by the same person desperate to be rid of me.
How happy that old hag who had outlived many must be. For her greatest wish to be granted — and she would soon have a body to show for it. How unfair that I let her take what she sought from me.
She fought to take my men from me. To cut me out of this life early, again and again. She was the very reason I was abandoned by those who swore to take care of me, and instead of enacting revenge, I played around as if life was a game.
Here I was, on the Game Over screen, my lifeless body drifting further into the depths of whatever body of water this was. Some would be given the chance to start over, but life wasn't a video game that gave you the privilege to do just that.
I'd played like a blind fool, and it was my turn to accept the failures that had led me to this fateful death.
But I couldn't accept this. My hidden heritage, the satisfaction that hag would experience at the news of my death. The sorrow of my lovers, and the regret Omarion felt in thinking I was as powerful as he wished for me to be.
To allow this future to manifest seemed outrageous to me, and for the first time since being within these dark waters, I felt the emotions that came with it.
Regret.
Sadness.
Anger.
I expected my regret to consume me. Little did I know it was the least important out of the three. What plagued every part of me was intense anger.
Not only for my doom and the woman so desperate to get rid of me, the loose end. What left me livid as death knocked on my door was myself.
I had been too afraid. Hiding my fears in humorous remarks and asking as many questions I could to gain information instead of seeking those answers on my own. My curiosity opened the way for too many secrets to be revealed, and my faith in humanity and refusal to see the darkness that grew every day were foolish mistakes.
Outraged by the fate I'd been left with, I mentally screamed.
I deserved to live. To be given a shot at a new life and to discover the special part of me that everyone else saw within me.
I had never understood revenge before.
I did now.
Unless you experienced the pain, deceit, and heartbreak that betrayal kindled, you'd never feel the intense desire to return the favor.
Now that was where I was.
I desperately wanted to get revenge. To claw my way upwards and walk out of this alive. How satisfying it would be to emerge from the shadows and see the shock on that old hag's wrinkled face.
I'd reclaim the men I loved, I'd ensure Everett remained the father figure in our lives, and I'd return back to this very place and free all those who'd experienced exactly what I'd dealt with.
No more kidnappings. No getting away with this cruelty. I'd be the bringer of a new revolution, and with it, everyone would see what it was like to mess with our livelihood for the sake of controlling the outside world.
A flicker of a flame ignited within me once more, the warmth growing and growing by the second, waiting for the moment I allowed it to be free once and for all. The excruciating heat did not faze me.
To feel the heat inside me when my body was numbed by cold waters was a blessing.
Always, my power had come to my aid. The magic inside me shielded me from death row. Why had I been afraid of it all this time?
Having magic. Being a supernatural. It doesn't mean I'll lose the person I've become. I'll still be able to love. To experience life's joy.