Free Flutter (The Discover Series) by Melissa Andrea Page A

line between the two was pretty thin.
    “Shouldn’t it have happened already?” I roughly scrubbed my palms over my face until I knew it was turning red from the harsh contact. I slid my hands through my unruly black hair.
    “I told you that it could take a day or two.”
    “No what you said was ‘ it could take 24 hours give or a take a few. ’” I quoted him. “We are going on almost 48 hours here!”
    “So I was off by a few hours,” he said defensively. “I also told you that we were doing this earlier than normal, and the sun isn’t that strong.” He looked toward the sky to validate his point and I followed. “I was just guesstimating.”
    The weather hadn’t changed much since yesterday, when Aaron had called on the light. The sun only peeked out every now and then, from behind a slight cover of wispy clouds. They looked liked cotton balls torn apart and plastered across the sky, which had remained a blue-grayish color but was starting to get darker. In the distance I could see big billows of angry clouds pulling in just over the horizon. I didn’t like the looks of the storm, and I was hoping Sara would be out before it hit. I had been able to smell the faint hint of rain and snow last night, and I had hoped the fact that it had been faint , meant that it was going to take its time rolling in. Unfortunately during the middle of the night we had been woken up by the strong winds, making the change in the air obvious.
    I snorted at my own thoughts.
    Being woken up required the action of actually having been asleep first. We slept a few miles from the shed packed full of supplies that we had found earlier that day. We were far enough away to watch over the shed without being seen by the Princess, but close enough for The Watcher to sense Aaron. We had known instantly that the shed belonged to The Watcher. This vast, winter land was deserted of any and all human life for miles around. So we had made up our small camp and waited for their arrival.
    Waiting still , I corrected myself.
    I had stopped pacing to study the sky, and could feel Aaron watching me, waiting for me to reply to his explanation. I looked at him and chose my words carefully.
    “I know the patterns of the sun for this time of year,” I bit off each word slowly. “In fact, I know the weather patterns for any time of the year, anywhere in the world,” I was too frustrated to sensor myself. “The whole reason I brought you along was because I knew the sun wouldn’t be strong enough, and your powers are the strongest there are to overcome that issue. I shouldn’t have to remind you that this is your Princess, not mine, so I hoped you would take your job a bit more seriously than just guesstimating her arrival.”
    After hearing my own words I had to suppress the urge to wince at them myself. Being around Sara, even this far away, was enough to set my teeth on edge. That magnetic tug, with its effervescent current, was running amuck on my nerves, rebelling against any amount of space that was put between us. I couldn’t stand the uncertainty that was wrapped around her safety. I was about to apologize to him, when I saw his spine straighten and his shoulders square slightly. I was momentarily shocked by his reaction. My recent grouchiness was something he usually just let roll off this shoulders, but it didn’t look like that was going to be the case this time.
    “You didn’t bring me,” he corrected. “I volunteered; and I don’t need you, or anyone else, to remind me of what my job is, or whose Princess she is. You need my ability not only because I am strong, but because I know what I am doing. You have only recently become aware of our process, I have been a part of it since birth.” He didn’t pause to take a breath as he continued to lecture me.
    “I know who you are, and I know why you’re here, but my loyalty lies with my people. I promised to bring the Princess back and that’s exactly what I intend to do. With the