Free Your Guardian Angel (The Guardian Angel Series Book 1) by Skyla Madi Page B

the warm feeling made me happy, less stressed. I could smell it all, flowers, bark, moss and the grass. As a vampire, you can smell a lot of things, but you never appreciate the beauty of it, the only smells you care about are blood and sweat, things that shouldn’t matter.
    A plopping sound filled my ears as a fish broke the surface of the water and splashed back down, causing ripples to widen out. Following that, I heard pebbles crunch and the grass move under heavy feet as Eli sat down next to me.
    “Now that I'm a goddess again, can I control this water?” I asked.
    A dragonfly caught my attention, landing on a cattail nearby.
    “I… I don't know,” he muttered, spotting the dragonfly as well. “You can try.”
    I wanted to try, I wanted more than anything to be able to move the water with my magic but I was afraid. I didn’t want to be disappointed; what if all this was for nothing and my magic was damaged or worse… gone?
    “If I can't use my elemental magic, can you teach me how to fight?” I kept my eyes on the water, however it would have been interesting to see his reaction.
    “Goddesses aren't meant to fight.”
    “Goddesses aren't meant to be vampires, either.”
    “No, but you didn’t have a choice in that.”
    I plucked a small yellow flower from the ground and crushed it between my fingers and my palm.
    “My mother told me that when a goddess's body recognizes the magic, her insides feel warm,” I explained to Eli.
    I opened my palm and let the flower roll down into the middle of it. I closed my eyes and thought of my mother; nothing happened. I focused on the earth and all living things that inhabit it. The trees, animals, humans; I thought about the different smells and then it began. A warm sensation started in my chest and sent a tingling sensation throughout my body. The warm feeling travelled throughout my body, coming to a stop in the palm of my hand. I opened my eyes and the flower had healed. I looked at Eli; he was looking at me with the same awe and affection I had seen earlier. I extended my hand and gave him the flower; he took it and then leaned toward me. For the first time in a very long time, I felt my cheeks flush with self-consciousness. Our faces now only inches apart, he put the flower in my hair, above my ear.
    “You did it.”
    We were gazing into each other’s eyes with such passion and understanding; I felt as if he could make everything better. At this very moment he was filling whatever hole I had in my heart and whatever piece was missing from my soul.
    “Where are you going?” I asked as Eli rose to his feet.
    He didn’t reply; he kept on walking, disappearing into the forest, leaving me staring after him wondering what had just happened between us.
     
    Daydreaming by a lake wasn’t how I imagined spending my first day as a goddess, but I’m not going to complain, either.
    “How are you?” Mila asked as she sat down next to me, pulling me from my own thoughts.
    “I'm good.”
    “You must be nervous?”
    “About?”
    “School in two days.”
    “Two days?”
    “No one told you?” Mila's innocent smile faded.
    I stood up and stormed over to Eli, who was engaged in a conversation with Tay. I thought about yelling at him and Tay, but I didn't want to talk to anyone right now, so instead, I stormed right past them.
    “Ruby?” Tay called.
    I picked up my pace, hoping to make it back to the house before everyone else had time to gather up the stuff and come after me. I turned instantly when I heard sticks and dry leaves crunching behind me. I knew it was Eli. Tay can’t leave Mila’s sight when her uncle isn’t there.
    “When were you going to tell me?” I snapped.
    I wasn’t angry, was I? I don’t know. My emotions were all over the place. How could they be so insensitive to my changes, to my feelings?
    “When I thought you were ready.”
    “I can’t do this.” I pleaded.
    “You were against all odds Ruby, you were a vampire! Starting at a new