Free walker saga 06 - dronish by jaymin eve Page A

elements in the early days, so she knew the seven.
    Yes.
    Connected as we were, I could feel the muted powers of the two unknown half-Walkers. Their tethers were there, but sort of invisible, not tangible.
    Delane had told me that she’d never felt any connection with me until I’d arrived on Nephilius. With that in mind, I was hoping once I made it to Dronish I could throw out my tether and pinpoint the half-Walker female that way. The closer I was to the half-Walkers the stronger the connections were.
    We now stood in the middle of a large space, our two sacred animals waiting patiently off to the side. The five of us were silent. There was no movement of our energy, powers were muted and we were simply connected to each other on a mental level.
    I was comforted to have Cerberus and Lina close by. Not only were they beautiful, powerful and loyal, they were also very useful for crowd control.
    From the corner of my eye I could see a Doreen Walker striding right near my back, and suddenly there was a massive two-headed hellhound standing between him and me, growling and showing his lethal fangs. I refrained from laughing as the male literally cried and ran away.
    Go, Cerberus.
    Call your power, I said, focusing back on the girls.
    One by one, I felt the surge of energy. Talina, who could literally pull water from the very air, was surrounded by her turret of liquid. It didn’t happen much now, but her clear lens flicked down to cover her eyes. It was little things like this that reminded me how diverse our group was. We were all half-Walker, but for some the other half was quite alien.
    Next was Fury. She was encased in blue flames.
    Ria had vines, grass and flowers bursting up from the ground and lovingly embracing her.
    And lastly was Delane; a whirly bird started to form beneath her feet, and the short strands of her very black hair began to fly around her as she was surrounded by an air whirl, but she somehow remained safe in the center.
    In fact, none of us seemed to be harmed by the powers of the others when we were connected.
    What happens now? Delane asked. Because I’m struggling to do anything else with my power.
    I was trying my best not to pull all that delicious energy into myself. My greedy little well inside loved itself some half-Walker power.
    Generally Abby controls us when we’re like this, Fury said. She can move the energy around, allowing it to go where needed.
    To demonstrate, I sucked energy from Fury, Ria and Talina, and sent it into Delane. All of a sudden we had a massive hundred-foot-high twister on our hands. Walkers, pixies, faeries and sprites flew through the air around us.
    Whoops; I quickly dialed it back. The five of us worked together, each lending control so we could safely set all our victims back on the ground. I was surprised and impressed by the finesse we demonstrated; it was a group effort, all the girls helping to anchor me. We got more than a few glares as those near us scurried away. Surprisingly enough, our sacred animals had not been affected. They were unmoving at our side.
    Okay, so our power seems to have increased just a little. Ria grinned, showing all of her perfect white teeth. I’m liking this.
    I could feel the surge of emotions in Delane. Connected like this, it was hard to keep them private, but I also knew she was struggling after so many years of subjugation and training to individualize herself.
    We’re a weapon. She finally voiced her emotion. Unbelievable. And you say we’ll only become more powerful with each half-Walker we add?
    Yes, I said. The strength seems to increase ten-fold with each female. I just hope we can control this in the end, because although the power is ours, it’s damn strong and, as we’ve seen with Josian, even the strongest of us can be dominated by those more powerful.
    Josian had been a sobering but important lesson for us to learn.
     
    We spent the next few hours testing ourselves and our elemental powers. We learned that if