Page 64 of Red Moon Secrets
He purses his lips for a second. "Freya wasn't like you," he says randomly, or at least I think it's random. "She held back. She buried her powers, but no one knows how. She never accepted who or what she was. Maybe you're starting to do that. Your creature goddess doesn't like being controlled, though. Hers never did, and in the end, she wasn't stronger because she held back; she was weaker."
How am I holding back? I basically begged the devil inside me to come out last night when Kane needed me. I was pointless without it. My darkness didn't stir, but—
"How did I do that? Last night. The scream. How did I know to do that? That was the only bit of stir my dark side would offer. I'm usually fighting to restrain it, not to release it."
He shakes his head. "I don't know. But—you don't have your phone, do you?"
My eyes widen and I start rifling through my bag, desperate to find it before Gage finds me. As soon as I do, I toss it out the window. I'm not scared of Gage, but until I know what's really going on, I can't be around him.
Chaz breathes out in relief, and he kicks the car into a higher speed to propel us far away from the dark user. I hope he's wrong. I hope Gage didn't do this.
"Where are we?" I askas I climb out of the car in front of an old home.
"Mom's safe house," Chaz says as he joins me, grabbing our bags from the car. "We'll strategize about how to get Kane out of prison while we're here. I'll call Mom and see if she can meet us and help out. Then I'll call Drackus and Calypso."
I nod while letting out a ragged breath of exhaustion and disbelief. There's always chaos. Always. If anything happens to Kane, I don't know if I'll care what my crazy half does to the ones who hurt him.
