CHAPTER 85 AMAYA

“They’re already talking about you.”

“Of course they are.”

“That doesn’t bother you?”

I let out a slow breath, though it did nothing to ease the tension coiled tight beneath my skin. “It depends,” I said quietly. “On what exactly they’re saying.”

Javier didn’t look amused. “That you’re unpredictable. That your power isn’t natural. That no one fully understands what you are becoming.”

I turned slightly, meeting his gaze. “And you do?”

A pause.

“No,” he admitted.

Luciano stepped in then, his tone measured but firm. “This isn’t about understanding,” he said. “It’s about control.”

“Control,” I repeated softly.

“Yes,” he continued. “The moment something exists that...