Echo.

After Caesar's confession, I avoided him like the plague. I didn't know how to react to his love declaration, and I felt utterly confused. My emotions were a tangled mess, and I needed time to sort through them.

During my days of solitude, I noticed changes in my body that both fascinated and worried me. Something deep inside me had awakened, something strong and uncontrollable. At first, I thought it might be a fluke, a temporary oddity. But as these changes continued, I couldn't ignore them any longer.

I started displaying new abilities, ones I'd never had before. It was like I had gone beyond being an Omega and...