Ash (The Elemental Series, Book 6) by Shannon Mayer

Author:Shannon Mayer [Mayer, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Shannon Mayer
Published: 2016-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

stood in the overgrown garden of Dhan’s home with Norm by my side. Dhan remained back watching us. We’d said our farewells, and he’d wished us luck in his own way.

I thought of the cliffs of Moher on the western coast of Ireland. I’d been there once, when I was a child and Traveling was allowed for the common elementals. My mother and I had stood on the cliffs, looking out into the ocean, breathing in the fresh salty air.

I did not like how my memories had suddenly decided to make themselves known on this journey.

I swallowed down the bile that suddenly rose in my throat and touched the circular blade to the center of my forehead as I’d been instructed. Going to one knee, I touched the blade to the ground at my feet. A bright bolt of light shot upward and stopped just above Norm’s head. Slowly it spun, widening in its circumference until it was four feet across. I stepped through and then looked back to Norm. He hesitated and then leapt at the last moment when the bright light was dimming and shrinking.

Which pretty much meant he tackled me to the ground, taking me out at the waist. I hit the hard rocks and instinctually softened them. They drew me down, Norm’s weight pressing me in even farther. “Get off!”

“Sorry, that was spooky, man,” he said as he pushed off me.

It was only then that I noticed the weather. The wind ripped around us, catching both my cloak and Norm’s long fur into a tangled mess in a matter of seconds. He looked down at his body once and then shook his head. “That’s going to take forever to comb out.”

The image of the Yeti combing out his long hair stuck in my head and I couldn’t help the sudden swift smile. I lost the humor, though, as I really took in what was happening. Rain slashed sideways, and the only reason we hadn’t been hit by it was because we’d stepped out between the two rocks I’d remembered from my previous visit here. But looking out from the small shelter, the world was a dark and violent place. The hurricane obviously hadn’t dissipated as the humans had hoped. I frowned against the blustering winds and took a step out from between the shelter of the two rocks. The storm caught me, shoving me back before I connected to the earth and sunk my feet down a few inches.

“Friend, I don’t like this weather!” Norm called to me over the wind. I glanced back at him.

“You got anything you can do about it?”

He frowned and shook his head. “No, this is too strong for me. I can do a little, and mostly with snow. This is way too much for me.”

Of course it was. I started off along the cliff edge, letting my connection to the earth guide me. There was something under the rocks that hummed to me. A call of like to like.

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