Page 71 of True Luna: The Unknown Magic

“I want him, Lex,” she mumbled. “But I am also scared. What if his father doesn’t accept me? What if he is still angry at our family?”

I’d noticed that she wasn’t afraid of him not accepting her or of our family being angry at her. It made me happy. She knew that we would always be there for her, no matter what.

“And my magic…,” Fia added quietly, making me tense up.

“What about it, Fia?” I asked, making her look at me.

“I don’t want to hurt him,” she mumbled. “I don’t want to hurt anyone.”

My heart clenched painfully. I pulled her into a hug.

“You are not going to hurt anyone, Fia,” I said softly. “We will find a way to deal with it. We always did.”

And then a thought occurred to me.

I let her go and grabbed her shoulders.

“Give it to me,” I said.

We never tried it before, but I was sure that it would work. It had to work. Why hadn’t we ever thought of that?

Her eyebrows furrowed. “What?”

“The darkness,” I explained. “Give it to me, Fia. At least a part of it. It will be easier to deal with it if we share it.”

If she could give me her magic and make me stronger, she could surely give me her darkness as well.

Her eyes widened and she gasped quietly.

“Lex, no,” she said. “I am okay. I can deal with it.”

“Fia, I can handle it,” I said sternly. “Give it to me. I will be fine.”

She clenched her fists and shook her head.

“No, Lex,” she said. “I am not putting you in danger. I am not doing it. I can handle it. Everything will be okay.”

“Fia…,” I spoke, but she interrupted me.

“No, Alexander,” she said sternly. “Stop asking. We’ve never done it before. I don’t even know how to do it. I don’t even know if I could do it.”

“It would be the same as when you share your light magic with me,” I said. “Only it wouldn't make me stronger, it would make me weaker.”

It made sense. It had to work.

Fia narrowed her eyes at me and crossed her arms over her chest.

“If I told you to do something that would weaken me, would you do it?” she asked, making my eyes widen a little.

Of course I wouldn't. I would never do anything that could potentially harm her. But this was different. It wouldn't harm me and I would make it easier on her.

“That’s not the same”, I argued. “I won’t get hurt.”

“Yes, it is, and we don’t know that,” she sighed. “I am not doing it, Lex.”

I wanted to argue again, but she interrupted me before I even got to speak.

“Don’t even try, Lex,” she sighed again. “I will talk to mom and Anna about it. I am not putting you in danger.”

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