The Dread of Damned - Chapter 17: Unshackled

... o maintain control as the other self within me stirred. "What are you saying, Mother?" I asked, my voice rising in concern. "I could have hurt someone, hurt Elara, hurt them badly. You love me, care for me, but they don't know me. It would have been wrong."

She gazed into my eyes, her expression intense, before sitting up and cupping my face between her hands. "You need to understand who you are, my love," she said, emphasizing her words. "You are a royal, a Nocturnal, the future of Hous ...