Elementals 01 - The Prophecy of Shadows by Michelle Madow

Author:Michelle Madow [Madow, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, urban fantasy, magic, young adult, witchcraft, witch, teen, greek mythology, demigods, elemental
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

My injuries weren’t bad—only a few scratches—and I called on white energy to heal them. They disappeared in seconds. Blake had a few cuts too, so I healed him as well, but using the energy wore me out. My head felt like a lead weight, and I could barely keep my eyes open.

“You look tired,” Blake said as we walked to the car. “Let’s go back and get some sleep so we’re ready for whatever we’ll be up against tomorrow. We’ll tell the others about what happened in the morning.”

I nodded, glad when we reached the car so I could sit down. My mind felt hazy, and all I wanted was to close my eyes, lean against the window, and go to sleep.

Then I remembered something I wanted to ask him. I’d been hesitant to bring it up before because I didn’t want to be intrusive, but one question couldn’t hurt. Plus, we’d just had a bonding experience. It’s not every day that you have to work together to fight off a mythological monster that wants to kill you.

“I heard that you and your friends don’t like humans very much,” I began, watching him in the hope that the question wasn’t too personal. “Is that true?”

He stayed focused on the road, his jaw muscles tight. “It’s not that we don’t like them,” he said simply. “But we are more powerful than humans. Is it so bad to see them as weak?”

“It’s not their fault that they don’t have powers,” I said. “We’re not any more deserving than they are. We didn’t do anything special to be like this. It’s just the way we were born.”

“It’s different when you’ve grown up knowing about what you can do,” he said. “Humans are weak. We’re powerful. Think of it like … natural selection.”

I looked out the window, not wanting to hear any more. Because it just reminded me that Blake only liked me because of my powers. He wouldn’t have noticed me at all if I were normal.

He pulled up in front of my house and turned to look at me. “Nicole,” he said, the smoothness of his voice making my name sound like music. “I don’t want you to take what I said about humans the wrong way. I’m not a bad person. I promise.”

My thoughts drifted to the clay sun he’d made for me in ceramics, and the time we’d spent together on the merry-go-round before getting attacked by the two-headed hound. “You just saved my life at the playground,” I said. “No one’s ever done anything like that for me before. I could never think you were a bad person.”

“Good.” He reached forward and brushed his fingers against my hand, sending a surge of heat up my arm. “I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight if you thought otherwise. All I could think about when we were fighting that thing was that I wouldn’t be able to stand it if you got hurt because I couldn’t protect you.” His hand remained on top of mine, and I looked up into his eyes—so soft and deep and caring.

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