The Covenant - Uncovering Secrets -

Chapter Twenty-Two - What We Feel

Belle still sat on the end of my bed exactly how I'd left her a few minutes ago to check the house was empty, shivering and staring at the darkness outside the window, tears still visible within her stormy eyes. I could only imagine the fluster my mother would be in if she saw the Belle I was looking at now, worrying and fussing on how to help her.

"Belle?" She flinched as I touched her arm pulling her against me before wrapping the blanket I'd taken from the linen closet around her.

"I...I didn't mean to hurt him." Her teary eyes turned to me making me frown as I felt my heart crack at the sadness and pain within them. "I...I just wanted him to stop..."

"I know. We all know you didn't mean what happened. He'll be okay, I promise. Pogue and Tyler will heal him. Just like I did with you. He's going to be okay." I pulled her tighter against me placing a kiss on her head as she sobbed. "He's going to be okay."

"Why...why can't I control them? I...I didn't even feel them."

"Your powers?" Belle nodded pulling back from me a little to look at me.

"When Chase showed me them...I felt them...I felt something, but, I didn't feel anything when...I could have killed him. I could have killed Caleb." She whispered standing. "What if Chase is right? What if it's dangerous for me to be around all of you? What if I end up hurting Kate? Or you?" She was rambling as she let her worries and fears takeover and consume her, pacing the length of my room.

"Belle." I reached out catching her arms and rooting her to the spot forcing her to meet my gaze. "I don't know why you didn't feel them, but we will figure out how they work and we will be right there with you as you learn to control them and you will. I promise."

"How? How do you know that? The only person who really knows how my powers work is dead..."

"We're all learning here, even your mum would have been because you've both her and our power within you. But you can learn to control them, just like we learned. It takes time and patience. Chase...whatever he told you, he wanted to control you and use your power, use you to his own gain. We love you Belle. We will get you through this." I hugged her close to me wishing I could ease her worries. I wished I knew how to help her, how to show her she could do this, that she could learn control over her powers.

"But I don't want to hurt any of you in the process." She sighed pulling back again to look at me.

"And you won't. Tonight was...I don't know what it was to tell the truth but Caleb was a dick and forced us all into a bad situation. Whatever would have happened tonight, even if you hadn't used your power would have turned out badly. Caleb wasn't himself, or he wouldn't have put us in that position." She frowned as I cupped her face, tucking a damp curl behind her ear as I smiled at her. "Least I've learned never to piss you off. Hey! What was that for?" I smiled widely pretending she'd hurt me as she pushed me back.

"Don't joke! It's not funny. I almost killed Caleb." She hissed her arms crossing under her chest as she glared at me angrily.

"Okay, too soon but I meant what I said." I moved back towards her letting my hands rest on her waist. "You didn't hurt Caleb on purpose. He caused what happened tonight. Not you. We all know you wouldn't hurt us on purpose."

"I don't know. If you get too cocky I might." I couldn't stop myself from laughing glad to see she was relaxing and trying to let go off what had happened tonight. "What's wrong with Caleb? He's...it's like he's a completely different person." I couldn't answer her as she rested her hands against my chest, her long fingers drawing little patterns across my t-shirt, warmth seeping through my damp t-shirt from her to me as I looked down at her.