Chapter 21

Two weeks had passed and thankfully, I was able to recover. Alpha Marcus and I started training in combat just to make sure that we could defend ourselves from those rogues. Well, technically, Alpha Marcus was training me, since he's already a highly-skilled fighter. Our sessions were rough, though, only resting during lunch and then it would be dark by the time we finished. And this was all because he had high expectations in me, especially now that we had found out what Lilith gave me. A rune was a spell written in ancient text used by witches even a thousand years ago. "I have already touched it a lot of times, but nothing would happen," I told him. We just finished today's training and we were resting by the front porch of the cabin. Dione was inside cooking for us. "Maybe you have to touch it in a specific way?" he suggested. I agreed with him though. This weird symbol that was now etched on top of my left shoulder had appeared out of nowhere. I even suspected that I wouldn't be