Flame Inside ✿ Damien and Matthew

Chapter 10

Thalia woke up the next morning with her head still on Damien's chest. She glanced up at his sleeping face and she suppressed a giggle at how adorable he looks. She carefully eased herself out of Damien's arms and out of her bed. She wandered over to her door, where two towels were hung up, and she grabbed them. She headed down the hall towards the bathroom and took a shower.

After she finished showering, she headed back to her room and opened the door just in time to see Damien wake up. He looks over at the door where I'm standing and immediately looks away, blushing. She blushed too, realizing she was still only in a towel. She rushed over to her closet and got dressed as quickly as humanly possible.

Once she was dressed, she told Damien he could turn around. He does and she notices a lingering pink tinge on his cheeks, causing her to smirk.

"Good–" She began.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" She was cut off by what sounded like Matthew's shout echoing from the foyer.

Damien and Thalia rushed out of her room to the foyer. She paused in surprise when she saw an unfamiliar girl standing there. She has long, wavy, black hair and purple eyes. Thalia could feel something in her core nearly vibrating from the power that radiates off of her. She looks between Emma and Thalia before replying with an emotionless expression, "I am Hecate, Ms. Anderson and Ms. Carrel, you will need to speak with me."

Hecate... Why is the name so familiar? Thalia wondered before it hit her. She stepped forward and asked, "Hecate? As in the Greek goddess of crossroads and magic?"

Hecate nods and then says, "Ladies, come with me now because we have a lot to talk about."

Emma and Thalia followed Hecate out to the gazebo where she explained that she gifted them with their magic when they were babies. She said she saw great potential in them, even at a young age. She then told them that the rings triggered their magic to start working. She said that she would train them to control their powers. In the weeks to follow she taught them everything. The boys helped when they could, for example, Damien would test Thalia's mind barrier by trying to read her thoughts while she would try to block out his attempts.

As they trained, Hecate told them what their powers were respectively. For Thalia, she had been gifted with pyrokinesis, telepathy, and shielding her mind of other mental attacks. Emma, on the other hand, had more physical abilities in that she could summon and manipulate crystals and telekinesis.

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One month after training began, Emma and Thalia had fallen asleep watching Heathers. Then they heard a laugh which took them from their slumber. "You two are interesting creatures~"

Thalia opened her eyes to see a woman staring down at her with a sly smirk. The ginger's eyes widened and she glanced at Emma beside her. They both scrambled to their feet and glared at her. She looked them up and down, her eyes lingered on Thalia's breasts before she looked her in the eye, humming in thought, "Why do the boys like you two? You girls are pretty, yes, but that can't be all that you have going for you..."

Thalia glared at her and growled, "Get the fuck out of my house."

She smirked "Oooh~ You're feisty. That could be why..."

Emma glares daggers at her, anger blinding her and preventing her shyness from seeping through, "Who the hell are you and why are you in my room?"

The woman began to laugh, making Thalia feel rather frustrated. She was treating them like they were some kind of lesser being. "How silly of me." She says calmly, "I forgot that we demons are not well known in your world. You can call me Diana, little humans."