The Alpha novel Chapter 52

Ethan's POV

She moves so that she is sitting properly in her seat again before her gaze meets mine. "I unfroze them. And honestly, I have no idea how I'm doing that or where my newfound gifts came from," she replies with a shrug.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

She clasps her hands in her lap and fidgets with them nervously as she looks down at them. I reach out and place my hand over hers and her gaze moves back up to me. Her violet eyes shine like amethysts as they search my face, though I have no idea what she is looking for. She lets out a sigh before answering, "I uh... I just didn't really know what to say. A couple of weird things happened, but I didn't know what it was or if I'd imagined it. I wouldn't have even known where to start if I had wanted to tell anyone. And really, what happened at the castle is the first time I was able to use my abilities on purpose."

"When did you start thinking that you might have some unknown powers?"

She looks down and clears her throat as she starts twisting her hands in her lap again. When her gaze returns to me her lip quivers and her eyes glisten. "When Ray... when he was on top of me... when I realized that he... what he wanted to do..." she struggles to explain. I instantly know what she is trying to say and a low growl rumbles through my chest. I reach out and pull her into an embrace as I wrap my arms around her. Just the thought of that bastard and what he had done to her, what he had wanted to do, makes my blood boil. I can only imagine what she is feeling right now, how hard it is for her to talk about him. At least he is now burning in the depths of hell. Now I need to send Lucien there for his sins against her.