Elements 2 - Shifting Selves by Mia Marshall

Author:Mia Marshall [Marshall, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Match Books
Published: 2013-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

We weren’t able to see Vivian that night, or even the next morning. Sera spent the night at the hospital, watching over Vivian’s sedated form. She phoned the cabin in the morning to tell us there was no rush. The doctors had ordered a full series of diagnostic tests, looking for an explanation for her rapid healing. While the MRI and CT scan wouldn’t reveal the potted plant at her bedside, they would take long enough that we wouldn’t be able to see her until well past noon.

With the Bronco firmly out of commission and Mac unwilling to ride in my tiny car, I borrowed the Mustang for the hour’s drive back to South Lake Tahoe. It was a nerve-wracking trip. This was partly because it required us to pass the scene of our accident, a feat I only managed by slowing to ten miles per hour, taking many deep breaths, and offering fervent prayers to any deity willing to hear them.

It was also nerve-wracking because, while the Mustang was larger than my Chevy, Mac still barely fit. His knees pressed against the dash, his head brushed the roof, and his shoulder nearly brushed mine as I drove. For an entire hour, I was painfully aware of his body one easy touch away, and only Simon’s presence in the back seat and our concern for Vivian kept me from pulling over and embarrassing myself in some new and desperate way.

We found Sera sitting in the waiting room, fidgeting so much I was surprised she hadn’t managed to set her chair on fire. Even from ten feet away, I felt the spark of her magic, felt the way it reached across the room, hungrily seeking an outlet. A distracted fire was worrying enough. That I was agitated enough for my own magic to wake and find hers was far worse.

I no longer needed to be enraged to wake up my fire side. That merely fed the magic, strengthened it so that even weak, cold emotions had the same effect. At that moment, I felt no anger, but I still wanted to set something on fire.

Simon sat quietly beside Sera and lightly rested one hand on her forearm, letting the simple touch calm her. “She will heal,” he said, with utter certainty.

She nodded. “She will. She was in surgery longer than expected, but the doctor is astounded by her progress.” She allowed a small smile. I wondered how many bags of soil she’d snuck into the room. “She had some internal bleeding, and her left leg and right arm are broken. The arm was fractured in three places, he said.” The words were spoken with a careful distance I knew she didn’t feel. “Olivia, her ex—or maybe not so ex, considering—is in there.”

I attempted a weak smile. “She tried to work things out, and all she had to do was throw herself over the side of the mountain and nearly die. We could turn that into the latest relationship self-help book.”

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