Elemental Awakening Book Bundle
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"Where is it?" Theo asked, no doubt hoping to catch the Rigas off guard, but I was sure the King wouldn't answer.
He surprised me, which was saying something, because right now I was drowning in shock.
"Ever heard of Atlantis?" he asked, a playful smile on his face. Theo let out a snort of incredulity. Which made me think the walls between these two men were starting to tentatively come down. It gave me hope that this next step was indeed right.
And then the ice blue glow in the King's eyes turned bright white, Aeras lightning brightening the night sky.
"Come dance, Aether," he said in a tantalising invitation that seemed to tug at something deeply rooted inside.
Dance with me. The words reached inside my mind again, tempting me further. Pulling. Tugging. Teasing.
Tantalisingly there.
I moved toward him, Theo slipping his hand inside mine. Solidarity.
I was not alone.
My eyes came up to the golden glow in his just as we reached the Rigas. The Nero's hand stretched out and I took it. Holding a King on one side and a Prince on the other.
Balance.
Then the dark night turned instantly bright white, blinding me as lightning struck. Ozone filled the air, crackling drowned out all other sound as my feet left the sodden ground and my body lifted up into nothing and my back bowed as electricity coursed through my veins.
I tried to cry out, but no sound escaped my lips. I tried to see something, anything, but all around us was bright white and nothing else. I could feel Theo's hand still, it gave me immeasurable comfort. I let a breath of air out, the sizzle of lightning stinging my flesh, the static of electricity surrounding me.
And then felt my hand slip free of Theo's.
No!
The King held on tighter, almost crushing my fingers in his. Denying me any escape.
As voices invaded the crackling, rising and falling over the hiss and sizzle of electricity. Aktor. Nico. Even Mark and Isadora. Screaming. Yelling, trying to get to me.
I couldn't see them. There was only white. So bright, blinding, all consuming. And I knew what was happening, even as I couldn't do a thing to stop it: My friends racing to reach me where I no longer fully existed anymore.
Part of me already gone, on the wind, in the blaze of an electrical arc, across the waves, far from home.
Part of me still hearing them. Fighting a losing battle. One of many more we would undoubtedly face. But I'd thought we'd at least be together when we faced them. A wish that was obviously not to be.
"Never two, always one. Alone Aether must face the sum." The Aeras shaman's voice sounded out in the memories of my mind. Reminding me. Chiding me.
I was destined to be alone.
And then my heart stalled, as the world continued to blaze white, and I heard in amongst the cacophony of buzzes and hisses, desperate voices and heartfelt cries, Theo frantically, achingly, yelling out, "Casey!"
And I knew I was alone.
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