Elemental Origins: The Complete Series by A. L. Knorr

Author:A. L. Knorr [Knorr, A. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intellectually Promiscuous Press
Published: 2018-07-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The next day, I was eating lunch alone in the gazebo when my phone lit up with a text.

Targa: How’s life with the troll?

Me: We’ve made peace, thank God. And I don’t think he’s crazy anymore.

Targa: No? Did you ask him about it after all?

My fingers hovered over the keyboard, thinking. How should I answer this? I typed out: He can see dead people. But I didn’t hit send, and a few seconds later I deleted it and wrote: Just a misunderstanding.

She took a second to write back.

Targa: How evasive. Lucky for you I’m heading out to meet the salvage team at the beach just now or I’d needle you for details.

Me: You sound so professional.

Targa: Don’t change the subject. You’re telling me more later.

Me: Yes ma’am.

I was halfway to the house from the gazebo when Jasher's work truck pulled into the driveway. He hit the brakes, spraying gravel. The engine was off and he was out the door in the same moment.

"Everything okay?" I called across the lawn.

"The greenhouse is open, yeah?" He slammed the truck door and jogged toward Sarasborne.

"Yes. I haven't closed it. Should we?" A few droplets of moisture hit my cheek and forehead.

"No, no," he exclaimed. "There's a storm coming. But not a violent one like the last time.” His shoulders and hair did look damp, his dark curls clinging to his neck and forehead. "I just came from Ana, it's already raining there.” His eyes were bright and hopeful.

"You think this storm might make a cocoon?" I looked up, doubtfully. The sky was a light shade of gunmetal, with a few scuds of cloud. A breeze tugged at my hair.

"We can hope. If we get rain and then the sun comes out...” He shrugged. “Maybe."

I left my cell on the kitchen counter as we dashed through the house and into the greenhouse. The first smattering of rain started to fall. We closed the glass doors that separated Faith's workshop from the plants, and put away a few random tools. The rain became heavier and the sky closed in with clouds. Jasher and I grinned at each other. Comrades.

"Nothing to do now but wait and see," Jasher said. He sat on the threshold of the greenhouse and parlor where there was no danger of getting wet. I parked myself in a chair near the sliding door. I tried to relax and enjoy the rain, but excitement thrummed through me and I chewed my thumbnail - a nervous tic I'd had since I was kid. Liz would have slapped my hand away.

Jasher laughed and I looked over. "What?"

"Your spine is ramrod straight. Try and relax. Most likely, nothing will happen."

But within a few minutes we were both pacing.

The rain lasted about an hour but it felt like days. By the time the driving pellets had eased, Jasher was sprawled on the sofa and I sat with my legs draped over the side of a chair reading a gardening book I'd grabbed from the shelf. I say reading when I really mean looking at pictures.

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