Hidden Embers by Amanda Perry

Author:Amanda Perry [Perry, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Try again. Concentrate on the paper. Don’t over think what you’re doing. You’ll feel it in your soul when you get it. It just completely consumes you. Your element is who you are. When you call it forward, when you manipulate it, it takes over completely. When you call fire, you need to call it from something. You can’t just make it out of nothing. It’s different than other elements. Air is all over, Earth is easy to come by, even Water is a lot more accessible than Fire.”

Caleb has been trying to teach me to control my element for hours, and we’ve gotten nowhere. I’m convinced this is all some colossal misunderstanding. Caleb can control fire. I’ve seen it as he shows me what I’m supposed to do. But, I don’t believe I’m truly an Elemental. I can’t even make a spark.

Maybe, I’m broken.

“With fire, you have to concentrate harder,” he explains further, snapping his fingers and creating a small flame in the palm of his hand. Upon closer inspection the flame isn’t actually touching his skin, rather it floats just above his hand. “You’re finding something from almost nothing. When you put enough focus into it, you can find the fire in anything. All it takes is a small spark, a hot spot, a small bit of energy that can create fire. Feel the heat in the air or in the light bulbs around the area. Pull from the electricity around us.”

Listening to Caleb talk about controlling his element is hypnotizing. It’s not easy to concentrate on lighting things on fire when he’s being this passionate about something. I only want to focus on him and his words.

“Come on, baby girl.” His voice brings me from my Caleb haze. “Just once more, then we’ll take a break and eat some lunch.”

I sigh heavily, but do as he says and focus on the piece of paper lying on the concrete by the pool in the backyard. Everyone thought this would be a good place in case I accidentally catch more than the paper on fire. Cassie sits close to us in case things turn catastrophic. Apparently, her affinity is water. She’s acting as our emergency fire extinguisher. Jaxon, Leanne, and Dad sit under the awning talking about what they should tell the council about me.

My focus goes back to the task at hand, closing my eyes and picturing a bright orange flame engulfing the paper. I put all my energy into lighting it on fire. After I’m almost positive I’ve finally accomplished my goal, I open my eyes to find the same stupid piece of paper sitting in the exact same spot.

I let out a frustrated groan and stomp my foot like a toddler. “This’ll never work!” I cry, rubbing my forehead.

A light breeze ruffles my hair as I’m in the middle of my little breakdown. A fleeting thought passes through my mind. If I had the ability to control air, I would make the wind blow the evil paper away.

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