Iron Ember by DG

Author:DG [DG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-10T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Elodie stood beneath the winter sky, the thick clouds moving slowly. Her eyes closed with the rays of the sun that managed to slip through and find her. But the warmth didn’t last. When she opened her eyes again, she stared at the gently rolling waves as they crashed onto the beach.

The white sand was dull beneath the overcast sky, unlike when it glistened during the summer. The wide expanse of beach had been a favorite play area for her siblings and her. Running, laughing, teasing. And, yes, bickering. They had thrown balls as well as magic while at the beach. The cove gave them seclusion.

It was impossible to think back to those happy days and not remember how Elodie had said she would never leave. She had thought it the perfect place. How naïve she had been. Nothing was perfect. Not her family, not anyone.

Anger churned as she braced herself against a gust of wind. She had believed her father to be the best man in the entire world. He had been kind, loving, and generous. At least she had believed that. He had fooled her. He had fooled everyone. The only one who had known who Edward MacLean really was had been her mother.

Elodie had felt betrayed—by both her parents. Her father for the abuse against her mother, and her mother for his murder. That kind of deceitfulness was nearly impossible to heal from.

She sniffed and burrowed deeper into her coat. She had come to the beach because this was where she had first begun her training as a Druid. Elodie had believed it was because of the beautiful setting, but now she knew it was because her father wouldn’t know what they were doing. It wasn’t as if she could be angry at her mum for that. Elodie was glad that she knew how to use her magic. And yet, that circled back to the lies between her parents. She wanted to know why her mother hadn’t told her father that she was a Druid. That weighed heavily on her mind.

Elodie frowned as she shook her head. She was at the beach to try using her magic. Thinking about the past wouldn’t help. It only made her angry, and that was never a good emotion when a mie called to their powers.

She drew in a breath and then blew it out. The fear inside her made her stomach churn and her heart race. Maybe rage was better than anxiety. The urge to leave and forget all about attempting magic made Elodie take a step back.

“What am I doing?” she asked.

How many times had she tried? How many times had she been disappointed? The only way she had been able to carry on was to try and forget that she was a Druid, to forget that the magic had left her.

Now, Scott wanted her to try again. She did need to protect herself against whatever was after her. She couldn’t have Druids around her forever, nor could she stay inside the protected cottage her entire life.

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