Free Despairing Tides (Fate's Intent Book 12) by April Bowles

over to me, pointing outside with rage on her voice. “You sent her out there!”
    “I didn’t send her. She chose to go.”
    “And you let her!”
    “It’s something she had to do and I wasn’t going to stop her!”
    “Do you realize what you’ve done? No one should be out in this weather.”
    “I’m sorry, Adele but how could you possibly understand? It’s not your husband and son out there! It’s mine!”
    I turned my back on Adele and walked back to the entrance by myself. How could she possibly know how this felt? I didn’t have any answers and letting Lana go could get them for me.
    “Ruby, I’m sorry.” Adele had eventually followed me and joined me on the stairs. “I didn’t mean to come off like I don’t care because I do. I’m just worried for Lana’s safety but I do understand why you let her go. I’m sure I would have done the same thing.”
    I was glad she saw my way but I just kept my gaze out into the storm and was thinking about Darius. Remembering his words from his letter started to get me to cry again. “I think I’m losing him, Adele.”
    Of course Adele tried comforting me but I knew I wouldn’t find much in it. “What? No. He’s going to be all right. You’ll see.”
    “No, not that. I think I’m actually losing him. Read the note he left me.” I reached into my pocket and pulled out the piece of paper, handing it to Adele.
    She read it to herself. “Oh, I don’t think that’s what he means.”
    “How do you know? He thinks I wouldn’t want to follow him back? Or maybe he just doesn’t want me too.”
    “Of course he does. He loves you. The recent events were just getting him to think things out the wrong way. I’m sure that now he’s away from there, they’re resolving this and he’ll take back everything he said.”
    “You think so?”
    “I know so. He can’t live without you and I know he’s out there safe right now just hoping you are.”
    I was surprised that I was comforted by her words and we both looked outside into the storm.
    “Oh, this is precious. I never thought I’d see this.”
    I looked at Adele from hearing the voice and she quickly spun around as she got to her feet with me and headed down the stairs. “Ryon?”
    He appeared leaning up against the wall, in view for everyone to see. “How is it possible that you can just sit here?”
    “Is Ellie with you?” Jaylyn asked.
    Ryon just pointed straight ahead of him with his eyes and Ellie appeared on the other side. “What are you doing in here? You should be going after them.”
    “Have you looked outside?” Zayden asked.
    Ryon laughed. “You’re just giving up.”
    “There’s nothing we can do until this ends.” Adele said.
    “I’m sorry, maybe I should be talking to someone that actually cares.” Ryon appeared next to me in an instant with an arm around me. “You care, don't you, Red?”
    “Of course I care.”
    “Then look around and ask yourself why they don’t. Why they would rather sit here and waste time that your family might not have when they can save them.” I was confused while looking around at everyone. Was that true? “That’s right. They’re capable of getting you all out of here but why won’t they do it, you wonder? Well, I’m not the one to ask. It looks like they choose to do nothing.”
    “Now wait a second!” Zayden said in an angry tone as he stood up. “Are you insinuating that we don’t care about them?”
    “Well, you are just sitting here.”
    “And how do you think we’d be able to do it?”
    Ryon was getting irritated with his arrogance. “It’s just wind and rain people! It would take only two of you to get through it when you actually have three capable.”
    Seth looked over at Adele and Cadence and back at Ryon. “You mean us?”
    “Exactly. One holding the wind and one holding the rain. Weather like this can be tamed you just have to try.”
    “Why are you here?”
    “We’ve been watching and just because our hearts no