elemental 04 - cyclone by ladd larissa

Author:ladd, larissa [ladd, larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-11-11T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

DYLAN FELT AS THOUGH HE was continually waiting for the other shoe to drop. Preparing Aira for the first of her trials to become the ruler of her element had been relatively straightforward – he and Aiden had simply sparred with her and shared what they knew about the weaknesses and strengths of the elementals she would be up against. He had been impressed—not quite surprised—at the display of power Aira had shown in her first battle. Dylan knew his brother had been particularly pleased to see Aira handling herself so well. The way she had handled being attacked by two other elementals at once, and then strategizing until she was at the very end against Asher, boded very well for her indeed. He had been surprised by the display of pure power that came with the storm she had created in the middle of the arena. It reminded him more of her grandmother than something he would have thought she could do on her own. When he asked her about that particular trick, she had told him about her grandmother’s transfer of her vital energy and how it had come into play in that particular moment. Clearly, Lorene had anticipated it might come in handy, not just to steady her granddaughter, but also for her own survival.

In her second battle, against two other strong elementals, Aiden and Dylan had again insisted on going with her. Saoirse had been adamant against it—right up until Aiden produced a fire-blade in his hands and threatened her with it. Dylan had calmed the energetic, and slightly annoying, elemental’s energies with his own magic while Aira bent the woman’s mind to her will. He knew Aira felt ambivalent about that particular ability, but she was becoming more and more adept at it, more capable of getting the result she wanted without expending very much energy.

That was part of the reason Dylan was so concerned about her. It was more important than ever that he and Aiden maintain their ability to resist her persuasive capabilities. As Aira grew better at wielding the ability, it would become a greater temptation for her to use it regularly—a temptation that had brought many elementals to the brink of sanity, particularly those who possessed the ability as strongly as Aira. Dylan knew if a person could manipulate almost anyone—could bend them to their will with minimum effort—the power often went to their head, making them question their trust in any person or relationship. As it came more easily, it could become difficult to even be aware when they were using it and when they were not. By staying firmly un-persuadable, he and Aiden would be doing the best possible thing for keeping Aira rooted in reality.

There were other troubling signs of her increased instability as well. Dylan knew Lorene had transferred her vital energy into her granddaughter in part as an attempt to stabilize her, but water energy was not always constant. Being a mutable element, it was

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