Chapter 127 - Like Mother Like Daughter

"You should probably step out of your hut for a moment," Madeline said to him. 

'Huh? Why would I need to step out of the hut, am I in danger or something?' 

"It's nothing bad," Madeline reassured, mumbling to herself, "I'd hope not." 

"Then what is it?" Emilio asked, adding, "You can tell me."

Madeline hesitated. She wondered if her powers had vanished overnight. Or if they were a one day thing. Or if… Emilio wouldn't react nicely to her powers. 

Xavier didn't react so badly, it was going to be alright. 

…Right?

"Last night, something happened," Madeline began. 

Emilio did not like where this was going. 

Thankfully, his worries dissolved when he discovered Madeline was referring to something else. 

"I shot a blast,"  Madeline said, looking directly at Emilio, who had stepped out of the hut. 

Before he asked her to demonstrate it, she made her palm face the sky. 

She tried her best and a short period afterwards, a blast shot up into the sky. 

Emilio stared at the sky, unable to say a word as he processed what he had just seen and heard. 

Energy blasts... 

They were Cornelia's thing. She was capable of making energy blasts too. 

He mumbled, "Cornelia could form energy blasts too." 

Biting his lip, he stopped himself. Now wasn't the time to start a whole spiel about her powers and how he missed her. 

Madeline had powers. She had inherited them from her mother, he was sure of it. 

"You inherited powers," he said, a look of relief and awe on his face. 

Not a single ounce of worry was on his face anymore. He could feel pride swell up in him. 

This sensation was strange, but he had to admit, he did feel proud of her. He was never for any of her important milestones, so being able to witness her unlocking this power was... Spectacular. 

Sure, he didn't know exactly how to hone this power... But, he knew someone who did. 

"You have powers," he mentioned next, a grin plastered across his face. 

He remembered Cornelia when she had first demonstrated her powers to him. Emilio had been so awestruck it took him minutes to compose himself and get himself to form a single sentence. 

And now, Madeline had powers. 

Singular, not plural actually.

Power. 

One power. 

Emilio doubted this was it. There were more to it. 

Cornelia was a woman of many talents. 

If one thought energy blasts was all she was capable of doing, boy were they wrong. 

If Madeline inherited even half the powers she did, then Eudora would have an extremely powerful ally in its midst. 

The sad thing was that Cornelia wasn't here to have witnessed this. She would have been able to teach Madeline how to use her powers, and how to unlock them. 

Now Madeline was left on her own to figure out how to use her powers with no one to guide her.

Sure, there was Rosalynn, but was she versed in the things Cornelia was? The answer was a probable no.

And then, there was the other one. 

"Does Xavier know about it?" He asked, his face turning solemn and serious. 

"He does, he was the first to know," Madeline replied, swiftly explaining to him how she had come to learn about her new powers. 

As in, when she was with Xavier.

"So Xavier does know," Emilio noted. 

"He does," Madeline said, observing his facial expression. 

He looked away, deliberating over something.

"Why? Is it not a good thing?" She questioned.

"No no, it's nothing," Emilio dismissed. 

He couldn't help but wonder if this was all just a coincidence. Rosalynn coming to visit and getting caught, Madeline getting powers. If Rose wanted to be under the radar and never be caught, she could do just that. 

If she really wanted it, she would've never gotten herself caught even if the entirety of Eudora was searched hundreds of times. 

Cornelia surrounded herself with the best of the best. People who were just like her. 

It made sense actually. 

Cornelia had abandoned Emilio when he was trapped. When being with him would no longer benefit her since he was no longer the alpha, but just a measly wolf who was destined to spend eternity in his cave because of his sins.

So, she left her daughter under the care of the people that would turn out to be her foster parents. Perhaps that was her way of ensuring that no one would inform Madeline of her true bloodline, and actually, it worked.

Until she stumbled upon Eudora, of course. 

Fate had something else in mind for her. 

But, Emilio wondered if Rosalynn did too. 

He made a mental note to ask Rosalynn this once she visited him. She had set up a schedule of when she'd visit him and when she wouldn't, something Emilio found highhly unecessary since Rosalynn didn't do much all day except lounge around and enjoy life. 

The perks of freedom, no one was limiting her from doing anything she pleased. No one made her stay in a hut and threaten her loved one's life. 

Emilio was envious of the life Rosalynn was living. Mainly because she got to talk to Madeline whenever she wanted to. She didn't only see Madeline whenever she came to visit, or when she wanted to inform her of something. 

But it was the one thing he would have to live with. The consequence of all his actions. 

He was living proof that not thinking the consequences through would lead to a more painful life than constantly having to think about one's consequences. 

Even though Emilio was trying to see the error to his ways, his past would always come back to bite. 

Alright, he was straying from the topic at hand. 

Madeline had powers. 

"If you're wondering who else knows, it's just my friend Briar, and Xavier," she informed him, knowing he wanted to ask her that. 

"What about that other friend of yours, Indiana?" He asked in return. 

Appalled Emilio knew who Indiana was, she asked, "How do you--"

"Don't be shocked that I pay attention to what you say," Emilio said to her, a disappointed frown on his face.