Chapter 45
After showing her true self to everyone, Arden, Malakor, Evelyn, and Eileen sat down on the edge of the cliff of Whispering Peaks, where Arden began the long story of how she learned she was a Phoenix and the legends behind her ancestry.
“So, wait, let me get this straight,” Eileen started, her mind struggling to comprehend the legendary creature before her as the guard she’d known for years. She looked between Arden and Malakor, her brow furrowed. “You were born human, and then became a Phoenix? Or were you born a Phoenix?”
“I was born human, but I’ve always had the Phoenix gene inside of me,” Arden explained, her voice carrying a faint, melodic shimmer. “Unlike you guys and Malakor, my shifter gene was suppressed by generations of crossbreeding. The Phoenix gene was diluted
