As they headed back inside, Nova's mind was already working through implications.
Mother sealed my potential to hide me from powerful forces. But the my awakening broke that seal completely.
He climbed the stairs quietly, not wanting to disturb the household that was already settling into sleep. His own room — small, familiar, the last night he would spend in it — waited at the end of the hall.
I had sensed a dormant bloodline for some time. I assumed it was a side effect of transitioning to a Chaotic Origin Energy Lifeform. But it was never that. It came from my mother's bloodline, and it's still in the metamorphosis stage — not fully awakened yet, but no longer sealed.
He lay down on his bed and stared at the ceiling.
The forces she was hiding from might now be able to detect me. If the seal breaking sent out a spiritual signature, they could already be looking.
