your Aunt Azura for me please.”
Nessa nodded and ran off.
“Let’s sit at the table and I’ll see what I can see,” she said with a smile. The three of us sat at her kitchen table. She took both my hand and Kallan’s and closed her eyes. I heard the door open behind us. Azura joined us at the table, but didn’t interrupt. After another minute or two, Lorella let go. “I see darkness coming,” she said with a frown.
“What’s going on?” Azura asked.
“Rylie’s been sensing something’s off,” Kallan said quickly.
“I’ve felt these…ripples…or the ground shakes, like something is happening. It just feels like something’s off, but I don’t know what.”
“Kallan, have you ever gone into details about what makes an Aurorian different?” Azura asked.
Kallan shook his head. “I don’t really know. My father would’ve, but we never talked about specifics. Just that an Aurorian is more powerful.”
There was obviously something she hadn’t told me yet. “Tell me what I need to know.”
Azura leaned forward. “All faeries are connected to nature and are able to control the earth. Helping trees grow, healing the ground, things like that. An Aurorian’s powers go further. You can influence, control, and heal not only the earth, but the elements of nature as well.”
My eyes widened. I thought about the cave and being able to move the air. “I can do all that myself?”
“Yes.”
“Can you elaborate?” I asked.
“You can manipulate and communicate with nature. You can survive in any natural environment. I’m not saying it would be pleasant, but you’d survive. You can create, but you cannot become. You’ve already discovered how you can control trees growing and healing the ground when it’s been destroyed, but you can also control the tides of the ocean, create fire, cause a mudslide, even crush someone with air.” Azura gave great details.
I sat back in my chair trying to wrap my head around what she was saying. “Aurorians are connected to the faery realm, they are essential to the balance of life. So, if you’re saying that you’re getting little feelings that something is off, then something is. Nature is trying to tell you something’s wrong.”
Chapter Thirteen
L orella placed a glass of water on the table in front of me and I gulped down half of it, and then asked, “What could be wrong?”
We all looked at Lorella, hoping she had an answer. “I could only see darkness. I interpret this as something evil is coming. Do you have these feelings anywhere specific?”
I thought about it. By the waterfalls, the stream, the night we spent in the dwarf village and again before we go to the marketplace. “I’m not sure…maybe by the borders to different lands?”
“Could something be happening to them?” a voice from behind asked. Violet walked up to the table. I had forgotten that she and Nessa were here when we walked in.
“Could the borders fall down?” I asked.
“I don’t think so,” Azura answered, looking at Lorella, who shrugged.
“Do you know how the Aurorian put them up?”
“Only through stories,” Nessa said. “The tale says she split a stone in half to separate the light and the dark.”
I sighed. “I don’t know what to do. I have no clue what any of that means.”
“It’s okay,” Kallan said softly. “We’ll figure it out.”
We talked about possibilities until dusk and then headed back to the marketplace. In her shop, Shaylee handed us the rings. I examined mine before slipping it on my finger. I couldn’t believe it was the same stone. Before it had been just a big round rock, but now it was a beautiful blue-white stone embraced in a rich cave of detailed sterling silver in twisted rope and fleur-de-lis designs. Once on my finger, there was a weird vibration feeling running through my hand. “How does it work?”
“You just talk to each other in your minds,” Shaylee answered.
And suddenly I had no idea what to say. I
Nessa nodded and ran off.
“Let’s sit at the table and I’ll see what I can see,” she said with a smile. The three of us sat at her kitchen table. She took both my hand and Kallan’s and closed her eyes. I heard the door open behind us. Azura joined us at the table, but didn’t interrupt. After another minute or two, Lorella let go. “I see darkness coming,” she said with a frown.
“What’s going on?” Azura asked.
“Rylie’s been sensing something’s off,” Kallan said quickly.
“I’ve felt these…ripples…or the ground shakes, like something is happening. It just feels like something’s off, but I don’t know what.”
“Kallan, have you ever gone into details about what makes an Aurorian different?” Azura asked.
Kallan shook his head. “I don’t really know. My father would’ve, but we never talked about specifics. Just that an Aurorian is more powerful.”
There was obviously something she hadn’t told me yet. “Tell me what I need to know.”
Azura leaned forward. “All faeries are connected to nature and are able to control the earth. Helping trees grow, healing the ground, things like that. An Aurorian’s powers go further. You can influence, control, and heal not only the earth, but the elements of nature as well.”
My eyes widened. I thought about the cave and being able to move the air. “I can do all that myself?”
“Yes.”
“Can you elaborate?” I asked.
“You can manipulate and communicate with nature. You can survive in any natural environment. I’m not saying it would be pleasant, but you’d survive. You can create, but you cannot become. You’ve already discovered how you can control trees growing and healing the ground when it’s been destroyed, but you can also control the tides of the ocean, create fire, cause a mudslide, even crush someone with air.” Azura gave great details.
I sat back in my chair trying to wrap my head around what she was saying. “Aurorians are connected to the faery realm, they are essential to the balance of life. So, if you’re saying that you’re getting little feelings that something is off, then something is. Nature is trying to tell you something’s wrong.”
Chapter Thirteen
L orella placed a glass of water on the table in front of me and I gulped down half of it, and then asked, “What could be wrong?”
We all looked at Lorella, hoping she had an answer. “I could only see darkness. I interpret this as something evil is coming. Do you have these feelings anywhere specific?”
I thought about it. By the waterfalls, the stream, the night we spent in the dwarf village and again before we go to the marketplace. “I’m not sure…maybe by the borders to different lands?”
“Could something be happening to them?” a voice from behind asked. Violet walked up to the table. I had forgotten that she and Nessa were here when we walked in.
“Could the borders fall down?” I asked.
“I don’t think so,” Azura answered, looking at Lorella, who shrugged.
“Do you know how the Aurorian put them up?”
“Only through stories,” Nessa said. “The tale says she split a stone in half to separate the light and the dark.”
I sighed. “I don’t know what to do. I have no clue what any of that means.”
“It’s okay,” Kallan said softly. “We’ll figure it out.”
We talked about possibilities until dusk and then headed back to the marketplace. In her shop, Shaylee handed us the rings. I examined mine before slipping it on my finger. I couldn’t believe it was the same stone. Before it had been just a big round rock, but now it was a beautiful blue-white stone embraced in a rich cave of detailed sterling silver in twisted rope and fleur-de-lis designs. Once on my finger, there was a weird vibration feeling running through my hand. “How does it work?”
“You just talk to each other in your minds,” Shaylee answered.
And suddenly I had no idea what to say. I
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