3
Destiny
I felt like I was coming out of my skin. Like I wanted to climb the walls for some ludicrous reason. I wanted to toss furniture, rip my hair out. Scream.
“Holy s**t, Dest, you need to chill out,” Faith said.
I was back at the table and looming over her before she could even blink. No, I didn’t have speed as the superpower the citadel had magically given me, but I was worried, for the first time since we’d arrived on Alera and seen Mom’s spire was still lit. I was worried they might actually kill her. But I didn’t handle worry well, so I channeled the emotion into anger, and being furious gave me lots of energy. I was pissed at my mother for absolutely no reason, the mystery mastermind who was f*****g up all of our lives, at Crayden and every other person who had gotten themse
