Elemental Power by Rachel Morgan

Author:Rachel Morgan [Morgan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780639943640
Published: 2018-11-07T07:00:00+00:00

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They were air, they were wind, they were flying just above the floor, and then up and over the police officers. Someone shouted, Callie was screaming in Ridley’s ear, and then came the crack of a gunshot. Confusion muddled Ridley’s senses. The room spun around them, and she barely knew which way was up or down. All she knew was that if she stopped moving, if she let the two of them fall out of the air, they’d both be dead.

They were high up near the ceiling now, and Callie let out another yelp as Ridley directed them back downward a little too fast. They spun another few times before Ridley managed to slow down and move forward instead of around and around. Some small part of her mind remembered that this wasn’t supposed to be about control, but how could she not attempt to control this?

They gusted along the balcony area, the windows flashing by—and Ridley suddenly realized the top of every window was partially open. They could easily slip out that way. But they were a hundred and forty floors up, and the mere thought was terrifying. Just let go and fall into it. Nope. No way would she be ‘falling’ a hundred and forty floors. You’ve survived eighty-four floors, she reminded herself. But this was worse. Way worse. She sped by without considering it again, aiming for the ballroom’s main entrance.

Then they were out, and the carpet was a river of red rushing beneath them. She knew before reaching the elevator that they’d have a problem getting out that way. So she blew right past it—and there was the door to the stairs, standing slightly ajar. She whirled back around, and they slipped through the space—a gap neither of them could have squeezed through in human form—and then over the stairway railing and straight down the gap in the center of the stairwell, Callie screaming in Ridley’s ear the entire way.

As they burst into the foyer, Ridley heard the startled gasps around them. Not because people could see them, but because of the unexpected flurry of wind. Skirts billowed and hair fanned out as she and Callie fled across the foyer, through the open entrance, and into the night. They kept going, speeding away from the Opal Quarter between buildings and along streets, zigzagging, turning, tumbling, until finally they reached a darkened, deserted parking lot behind a warehouse.

Ridley’s feet touched the ground as she pulled her magic back inside her body. She let go of Callie, who sank to the ground immediately, her dress puffing up around her. The world reeled around Ridley, and she dropped her purse and staggered to keep her balance. Now that they were safe, her mind took off at a million miles an hour trying to process what had just happened. The cops wanted to question her—but it had nothing to do with her magic. And then she’d gone and given away her biggest secret. Yes, that actually happened, she told herself, because most of her brain seemed to be trying to shove away this terrible truth.

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