Elemental Dreams: An Urban Fantasy Series (The Eldritch Files Book 9) by Weldon Phaedra

Author:Weldon, Phaedra [Weldon, Phaedra]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Caldwell Press
Published: 2017-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

Okay so…I really wasn't good at a lot of things in the life I knew at the moment. One of them being landing. After what felt like weeks of getting the hang of taking off, gliding, swooping, spinning, doing seriously crazy ariel maneuvers, getting back on the ground without a large body of water to splash into was proving harder than anything else I'd tried.

But I had to do it.

Why?

Er….because I'd splashed the lake so many times it was less than an inch of water now. God Mother had had to relocate all the fish and other things that lived in it to a safer place.

Twelve crashes, three possibles that ended in crashes, and then at the end of the day, a final semi-okay landing (with me learning to back flap my wings to slow my speed) and I finally got the nod from Zeph.

Yay.

So. Now what?

No one told me. In fact, a few days later, or what felt like days because I wasn't really sure how time passed here, and I hadn't seen God Mother. In fact, I'd only seen Zephyros twice. I had food I could hunt and eat, and yeah I was starting to like it, and there was a spring nearby for fresh water. When I was bored, which was a lot, I flew and discovered pretty quick that when I wasn't worried about staying in the air and just simply taking in my surroundings, I could look at the world around me.

And discovered something annoying.

It folded in on itself.

A better analogy would be—it repeated itself. It reminded me of the background of some of those old cartoons. If a character was running and you watched the scenery go by behind them and you’d noticed you saw the same tree and cloud a dozen times?

That was pretty much it. I'd go for a while, pass the now empty lake and then eventually, when I knew I was soaring in a straight line, I would pass the empty lake again. I tried this in all four directions (somehow I'd developed a sense of direction—imagine that!) and I'd come back on that lake every time. So I knew the world I lived in was finite.

It was after one of these frustrating flights that Zeph showed up again. He was in his human form, though still a bit transparent. He looked worried. And if an Air Elemental is worried? Yeah…then I'm worried. Zeph?

He stopped in front of me. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. It wasn't my choice. But, God Mother is…" he cleared his throat. "Unsure how to proceed."

Eh? I tilted my head to the side.

"She had plans—a specific one—to prepare you for your new role, which is one filled with responsibility. But, something's happened. Something she wasn't prepared for. I've been arguing with her, having believed since she is the All-Mother that she wouldn't be caught off guard."

And you've discovered that even God Mother isn't infallible?

He nodded.

Sucks, doesn't it?

"Yes it does. And I'm not sure I'm happier with her new idea.

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