Free walker saga 06 - dronish by jaymin eve Page B

we focused together, the girls could help me control the energy, including directing and targeting it. In fact, I relied on them quite a lot, because no one knew the inner facets of their individual powers better than they did.
    Despite the very real possibility of being blown into the air by a whirlwind, we had drawn quite the crowd around us by the time we were finished. Brace was standing to the side. I’d known he was there the moment he strode up. We were attuned to each other, our bodies craving the togetherness. I’d had to stop myself from breaking our power chain so I could run to him.
    The golden bond that lived inside me, the one which I used for tethering, was also the force trying to push me into melding again. I wasn’t sure how much longer we could be around each other before it was taken from our control. I was afraid that Josian was right, we’d have to stay separated for a while. This very thought made me want to take the masses of power I was wielding and blow shit up. Like maybe a laluna.
    Talina distracted me. The more we’re joined together and use our power like this, she said, the stronger my energy feels. I can’t even believe how afraid I used to be of my abilities. I did my best to keep them locked down, and then they’d overwhelm me and take control. Now it feels as if there’s a bond; we exist together, not in battle.
    It was a long speech from the normally quiet Spurn half, and it was clear that she was excited and happy. Which was nice. After losing Raror, I’d worried that she was broken, that her gentle soul was damaged beyond repair. I think it was Ladre’s love and acceptance, plus the bond with us half-Walkers, which had given her a reason to live.
    I was afraid of my abilities too, Fury confessed, with what sounded like a little reluctance. She didn’t like others to know of her weaknesses. Afraid I’d hurt someone because I couldn’t control them.
    Ria spoke formally. It sounds like we’ve all gone through something like this. But I’m forever grateful for my abilities now. My energy and the meditation of the packs are allowing us to slow the death of Artwon. Of course, we still have to return the sacred tree or the jungle will eventually fall, but we’re giving it time that we wouldn’t have had.
    I’d been meaning to ask Ria how Artwon was managing after the Seventine destroyed the most important tether in their jungle: the sacred tree which had housed their gods.
    Have you heard from your mother or any of the nature spirits? I asked her. Since the loss of the sacred tree.
    No. She sounded sad. I can feel that they’re there, but there’s no way now to communicate between the mortal realm and theirs.
    Effing Seventine, I growled. Those effers are getting on my last nerve.
    There were a few chuckles as I started cursing my head off.
    You sound like Lucy now, Fury snorted. And I’d never thought I’d say this, but I miss her annoying pixie butt.
    I was missing her so much and she’d only been gone for like half a day. I wondered who the seven witnesses to their mating would be. Apparently they were called by the great mother and Walkers had no idea who it would be until they arrived.
    The entire time we’d been chatting, we were still exercising our abilities. We started with one girl and one element at a time. We’d run through the range of abilities and together we’d form the power into weapons. Our control was still not the best. Sometimes we missed our target completely; other times the energy fizzled out before it could become anything dangerous. But sometimes, when the stars aligned and we all worked together, we created something so crazy powerful that it was a little scary.
    A perfect example occurred in the five minutes before the end of our training. We were just about to pull apart, when Fury and Delane got into an argument. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say the Crais half did not like to take orders from the Nephilius half, despite the