When the sun finally rose, I woke up giddy with anticipation. My mother’s name was still on the tip of my tongue; Sabine. I wanted to know more, I had to know more about her. There was so much unknown right now, and she was the key to it all. She was the key to this big secret about me; did I have powers like Alex? Is that why he couldn’t change my memories? Did my father know about any of this? And if all this was true, why was she using those stones to hide them from me?
I rolled over, finding Alex sleeping on his stomach beside me. His arm was raised overhead onto the pillow, giving me a nice view of his side. I ran my fingers along the muscles and he groaned, his head turning over, but his eyes didn’t open. Clearly, he was still fighting to sleep longer, but I was way too eager to ge
