Water Shaper (World Aflame) by Messenger Jon

Author:Messenger, Jon [Messenger, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Published: 2014-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

The Elemental slumped into its recliner and scowled angrily. It looked beside it and saw the human cowering at its obvious irritation. The Fire Elemental swept its hand aside, striking the man across the face, sending him sprawling across the floor. With him lying prone, the Elemental could see the series of crossing burn marks across his back.

The human had been the sole inhabitant of the luxurious penthouse at the top of the building. He had tried to defend himself against the Fire Elemental’s intrusion and now he suffered for his insolence.

With the man knocked aside, the Fire Elemental returned to its consuming anger. The anger was the only thing that overwhelmed the disappointment it felt at ordering Xander’s death. It knew it wasn’t its own emotional response. It stole a glance across the room and saw its reflection standing arrogantly with her arms crossed over her chest.

“Stop doing that,” the Elemental ordered.

“I’m never going to stop,” Sammy said. “Not until I get my body back.”

“You’ll never get it back. If I can’t evict you from my mind, then I’ll see how you feel after I kill the man you love and post his head on a stick above my city. It’ll dangle like a banner from the roof of this very building, as a constant reminder that no one—not even you—can stop me.”

Sammy chewed on her lip and stared across the spacious room. “I hope he kills you.”

The Elemental laughed, frightening the man on the floor. “If he kills me, then he kills you.”

“I’d rather die than have you using my body.” Sammy glanced at the naked woman sitting on the recliner. “And put on some clothes. Have some decency with my body.”

The Elemental looked down as though just recognizing the fact that it was truly naked. “It’s not your body anymore. If you want me to dress, force me.”

Sammy frowned at the Elemental’s challenge. It knew controlling her body was exhausting. Though the order to let Xander go had been short-lived, it had left her feeling wasted. She didn’t have the strength to make the Elemental demonstrate some semblance of modesty.

“Why?” the man on the floor said, daring a glance backward at his captor.

Both Sammy and the Elemental turned their attention to the cowering man.

“What did you say?”

The man rolled onto his side, clearly too weak to even climb to his knees. “Why do you hate humans so much?”

The Elemental stood, towering over the human. It looked over to Sammy in the mirror and smiled. “You misunderstand. I don’t hate humans. I have no issue with humans individually.”

It crouched down beside the man and reached out toward him. The man flinched away but it grabbed a hold of his hair, turning his face toward it.

“What I have a problem with is the idea of humanity in general. You treat the planet like you’re an insolent child, leaving your toys lying around with no thought to the house you’ve left in disarray.

“My brother and sisters gave you everything. They raised you like their own, giving you all the tools to be successful.

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