Heir of the Elements by Cesar Gonzalez

Author:Cesar Gonzalez [Gonzalez, Cesar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2015-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

A warm burst of air blew into his mouth, raising his chest an inch. Falcon heard the muffled shouts of Aya calling to him. Then another puff of air blew life into his lungs. His eyes snapped open, and he found himself staring up at the worried faces of his four friends.

With the exception of Faith, everyone else was standing. She brought her soft lips down on his and blew, sending the now familiar gust of wind racing into his lungs.

What is she doing? He had no opportunity to voice his questions. A sickening sensation of liquid traveling up his esophagus made it impossible to speak. He clutched his chest, heaved loudly, and sat up, just in time for an eruption of water to surge form his mouth.

Faith let out a low scream. She brought up her hands and put up a small bubble. The water bounced from the shield and back into Falcon’s face, soaking him entirely.

“Sorry,” she mumbled, looking down apologetically. “My muscle reflex sometimes gets the better of me. Are you alright?”

“I’m fine,” said Falcon, in a quavering voice. His chest ached, and his head felt as if it had gone into a duel with a dozen hammers, but the thought of Faith’s tender lips on his drowned out any thought of the pain.

They stared at one another, nervous and silent.

“Sorry,” he said. “I shouldn’t have passed out like that.”

“No, I’m sorry,” she said almost instantly. “It took me so long to get you out. You almost drowned.”

“I think Hyatt would gladly risk drowning more often as long as he gets you to nurse him back to life every time,” said Sheridan, smirking widely at Falcon. “Am I right?”

Aya pressed her lips together.

“Why would he want to risk drowning?” asked Hiromy, looking at Sheridan in confusion. “He could…” She gasped in an overly dramatic fashion. “…die!”

“What I meant to say was that—”

Falcon jumped into a standing position. “It’s fine, Sheridan. No need to go into details.” His face flushed. “I think we all know what you meant.”

“Hiromy didn’t get it. I think I should explain better.”

“Better yet, explain how we got here,” demanded Falcon, eager for a change of subject.

“The wall crumbled, letting in the seawater,” said Faith. “You were hit by stray piece of rock and passed out. I tried to get to you before you swallowed too much water, but that squid kept coming after us, and it swam much faster than me.”

“Where is it?” he asked, his eyes darting about nervously. For the first time, he got a good look at the area around him. They looked to be washed up in the shore of a beach. There was a cliff to the right of them. A large plot of sand spread outward over three hundred meters, and then was replaced by lush pasture. There were no trees in sight. Instead, blades of grass the size of a child and long-stemmed yellow sunflowers covered the land.

“It was crushed by the same tumbling rocks that hit you.

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