Page 88 of True Luna: The Unknown Magic

“Did you and Alexander get lost in one of your conversations again?” he asked, chuckling.

“Yeah,” I mumbled. “Sorry. What did you ask me?”

“Nothing, Angel,” Hunter said softly. “Anna was telling me about the first time you tried to contain your darkness.”

I looked at Anna and took a deep breath.

The first time I tried to contain my darkness, I ended up in a hospital for a week. Everyone got so freaked out. Lex refused to leave my side for the entire time.

I tried releasing it and ended up blasting myself a couple of feet in the air. I landed on my left arm and broke it. Thankfully, werewolf bones healed quickly. It still hurt like hell and I still had to lay in the hospital bed for a week with my brother snoring in my ear the entire time.

“As I was saying,” Anna continued, “she ended up in a hospital for a week. It was a powerful blast and that’s when we knew that we were dealing with something powerful.”

I felt Hunter tense up. He bent his head and kissed my shoulder.

“What else have you tried?” he asked, looking back up at Anna.

“Emma and I tried to use our magic to pull the darkness out of her,” Anna sighed. “That didn’t work. It almost killed her.”

Hunter growled, tightening his arms around me.

“I’ve tried using my light magic to erase the darkness, but it always won and the only thing it did was exhaust me,” I sighed, making Hunter look down at me.

He took a deep breath and leaned his forehead against mine.

“I am so sorry, Angel,” he mumbled. “We will find a way. I promise.”

His soft, reassuring voice made me believe that it would be possible.

“I’ve tried potions and spells, but everything we tried just made it worse,” Anna sighed. “It would either cause an eruption of her darkness, or it would exhaust her to the point of having to go to the hospital.”

“Fuck,” Hunter mumbled as he ran his fingers through his hair. “What did you do to contain it then?”

“I found a way to suppress it,” I said, making him look down at me. “I found a way to fight against it. I’m still not sure how, but I’ve been doing it for years now. I sometimes have a bad day, though.”

Hunter caressed my cheek.

“You’ve been having more bad days lately?” he asked me quietly.

I nodded and took a deep breath.

“Meeting you made it harder to contain,” I mumbled. “My emotions have a large impact on it.”

Hunter tightened his jaw and nodded. “Understandable.”

“There is still one more thing we haven’t tried,” Lex said, making me look at him.

I narrowed my eyes at him. I tried to mind-link him to tell him to stop, but he blocked me.

“Lex, no,” I said out loud instead.

“What?” Hunter asked immediately. “We can try it. I can help.”

“What are you talking about, honey?” my mom asked quietly.

“I already told you no, Alex,” I said sternly. “Let it go.”

“I am not letting it go, Sophia,” he growled. “It could help you. Why do you have to be so stubborn?”

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