Mae's P. O. V

         "Baby, are you in?", ma asked from the door of my room.

      "Yes ma. Come in", I said and she came in and sat on the bed beside me.

    I sat up and looked at my ma in an awkward manner. From the way, she is assessing me, I can tell she is going to have a tete-a-tee with me and I wasn't ready for it.

    "Ma! Is everything okay?", I asked and she smiled.

    "Yes honey. Everything is fine. I just want to talk to you ",she said and I nodded and got ready for the worst.

      "What happened between you and Ryder?",she arched her eyebrow and I just rolled my eyes.

    "Ma, nothing muc-"

     "Don't do that. Tell me the truth. You guys were so cute, what went wrong?",she asked and I took a deep breath.

       "You don't like him? You don't like Nathan?"

     "I do honey"

    "Then why do you care if I ended things with Ryder?"

     "I just want to know why you hate Ry and why Reeny and Avery hate you. Last time I remembered, you all loved each other.",she asked and I frowned.

        "They turned their back on me ma. They left when I needed them the most. They never sided me and treated me like their best friend. And Ryder, 'he dumped me', his words not mine and he said it in front of our family. My anger is not that he moved on or he dated another girl but he avoided me and made me wait for him, he made me believe he was dating me when he wasn't. The time he decided to break up with me, he humiliated me. He hurt me just like his brother did.",I closed my eyes and fought the tears that threatened to fall.

          "You are not over him yet, are you?",ma asked and I looked at her in aw.

          "I am but I am just angry that I let history repeat itself. I let two brothers and sisters hurt me. Funny enough, I loved all of them equally.", I smiled but the smile held pain.

    "Is that why you crippled Angel?",ma asked and I looked at her in shock, how did she know I did that?.

      "No. I was just angry. Their families didn't want to help find you and Angel wasn't exactly making things any better. I lost my cool and hurt her",I explained.

       "That didn't warrant her been crippled. She can barely stand without the assistance of someone ",ma scolded.

       "I am sorry-"

       "You should be telling that to the one who can barely walk not me",ma said and I lowered my head in guilt.

      "I told them to convince you and your brothers not to go any further. I was worried about you guys, all they did was fulfill the promises they made to me. You ought to know that, you own all the powers in the world and you don't even know when a promise is kept. ",she said and her words hurt.

      "I am sorry ma-"

      "Don't tell me that again or you will find yourself in the sitting room next ",she threatened and I was silent because I know she could do it.

       "You let your anger get the best of you. You know you can't be controlled when angry yet you allow yourself get angry and you know the repacaution of your anger. You killed my nephew because of your unnecessary anger",she yelled and tears streamed down my cheeks.

      "You knew he was the last of his family yet you killed him. Do you think you are any better? Atleast he didn't want any of us dead, he just wanted his family resurrected but all you did was kill him instead. In you both who is more heartless? Tell me.",her voice grew louder and I was quiet.

      "Because of your anger, they suspected we were demonites. First Christine, then Andre and lastly Nathan, do you want all of us dead before a lesson is learnt?(my eyes widened). You think I didn't know, I didn't scold you then because I thought you would fix it, I didn't know I was just encouraging your shenanigans. You know we are more safe when the world thinks we are extinct and not the other way around. I wonder why the gods saw everyone else and decided to make you powerful when you act before thinking, instead of thinking before acting. If everyone act like that, don't you think we will all be dead. Don't you?",her words ate deep into my heart and I clutched my chest because I could feel my chest ache.

       "If anything happens to us, just know you are the cause because they all knew about us because you couldn't control your anger.",she stood up and walked towards my door, she held the door knob before she stopped.

      "Make things right before it is too late",she ordered and left my room.

     I laid on my bed and sobbed harder. Nothing hurts more than hearing your ma insult you or tell you the hard core truth. Nothing hurts more than your ma speak to you with anger and hatred laced in her voice. Nothing breaks the heart more than your ma losing faith in your abilities. I felt my heart break into pieces as I laid there, recalling everything she said. She is right, why did the gods make me the strongest, why didn't they pick someone else, why me? How did she know all this anyways? Was it through Aunt Sarah or Aunt Susan. She is right, my anger controls me and not me controlling my anger. I let their words get to me, I let them use me, not anymore. I will never let me anger control me again or get the worst of me.

      I have to learn to think before acting. I have to know the cause of a behaviour before I conclude. I have to walk in people's shoes before I judge. I need to understand my powers in order to understand people and the cause of their behaviour. I have to make everything right.

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    As I walked to the garage,  I saw Angel sitting on a chair outside the garage. Her legs rested on a stool as she sipped a bottle water. She wore a short and one of Jacob's big shirt, that reached her thighs. Let me make things right by first apologising to her, she deserved what happened to her but still.

         "Can I sit with you for a while?",I asked and she kept quiet.

       "I will take that as a yes",I said

      I teleported myself to the house and teleported back with a chair. I placed it beside her and sat down. I took a deep breath before finally speaking.

        "Do you know how I felt when Jay always sided you? I felt betrayed. Each time I spoke back, he shunned me, I felt angry. You kept doing that like you enjoyed my brother shunning me. Because of that Jay and Josh were never close. If Jay shuns me, Josh backs me up and that seemed to piss Jay off. Because of that we drifted apart. I can't remember the last time we agreed on anything. We fight every chance we get, did you think I was happy about that? Sometimes I felt he loved you more than he loved his only sister. I ought to be pampered by both brothers but I am only pampered by one. I ought to enjoy been the only girl but I am not. Everytime you taunt me, everyone allows it and let it slide. I disliked you for that.", I ended.

    "Disliked really?",she arched her eyebrows and I chuckled.

     "Is it that hard to believe I disliked you?", I asked.

     "With the condition my leg is in now, yes it is.",she said and I felt guilty.

     "When I knew you liked my brother I was happy at first, someone could finally make him laugh and have fun. I hated seeing him train all day for a year. Then I heard you liked my other brother, I felt hurt and then I saw both brothers fight because of you, so I hated you. They hurt each other really bad, if you are really observant you would notice the scar on Ry chest and the scar on Ryders lap and some minor scars on their body. Brothers that were really close turned to strangers. Each time you get into trouble they let it slide but each time you get detention, we all get detention which was frustrating. But when we commit a minor crime, we are heavily punished. Each time you commit a crime back in Demonia, we are all punished ",she ended and looked me in the eyes like her next words would hurt.

       "We all moved to Demonia and then things changed. You changed, everyone changed. We were the only people to flee that morning, your grandfather put his family first instead of the entire kingdom, my hatred grew. If we weren't close to your family, we would have been left behind. When we resumed school and on our first day, a fight was caused by you and just like always, we all got punished for your mistake. Gradually, other gifted knew about us all because of you but no one said a thing. Our ma was abducted because of you. Every other gifted and non gifted knew about you but they hardly knew about us and you weren't making it bearable. You used your powers to bully us, you used your grandfathers rank to display your shenanigans. My sister was close to you and Josh disliked me, each time I tried to get close to Josh he pushed me away because of you. You think Jay loved you more than me, well I thought he loved you more than he loved me. He scolded me in private and always reminded me how much you mean to him. They made you look way stronger than us, they made you sound superior and we sounded inferior. And when you rain havoc on me, I was scared that you would kill me. Your eyes changed colour, it only change colour when you are ready to kill or you  are really angry. I thought they won't be able to save me from you terror. So you know why I hate you.",she explained and I widened my mouth as I was about to talk but I decided against it.

      Maybe we both had valid reasons why we hated each other. Maybe she isn't that bad, it won't kill me to give her a chance to show her worth. We both hated each other because of the hatred our brothers had for each other because of both of us. Maybe we will get along just fine.

     "So how can I make it up to you?",I arched my eyebrow and she furrowed her eyebrow.

      "Let me start by healing you",as I was about touching her legs, she pulled her legs away from me.

       "Trust me",I said slowly and she pulled her legs closer.

      "Close your eyes",I said and she hesitated before obeying. I said a healing spell and she yelled in pain.

     "How do you feel now?",I asked and she placed her legs on the ground and stood up without assistance. She was healed. She looked at me and gave me an appreciative smile.

     "Thank you ",she said and I smiled.

     "Would you like to go to Demonia?",I asked her.

    "If I wanted to go there, don't you think I would?",she answered.

      "What if it was here? How about Demonia was right in this house?",I asked.

   "What?",she looked confused.

     "Just don't tell anyone ",I took her hand and led her to our training room, the one gifted to us by father.

      When she saw the room, she opened her mouth and widened her eyes in disbelief. She hugged me and quickly pulled away when she discovered what she just did. We both chuckled and trained together. It was at that point I realized Angel was a good person, I just misunderstood her.