Free EarthBorn (The Elemental Born Book 1) by E.M Reders Page A

here, she needs rest.”
    With Ethan’s help, she guided me inside and into the lounge where his Alpha and Beta were waiting. Ethan made to sit next to me but I quickly pulled Dyanna down beside me, making him find another place to sit. I caught a flash of hurt in his eyes before he set his face and all emotion vanished from them.
    “So come on, Grace. They are here, now explain,” Alpha Edwards demanded.
    “Don't take that tone with me Edwards. What I tell you tonight has been kept a secret since the moment she was born, even from her for most of her life, so be patient. Now tell me, how much do you know of Wiccan history?”
    “Some. We have a great many books on it in our archives, though it has been decades since I read any of them.”
    “Well let me give you a quick recap lesson in one very important area. While as Crone I’m classed as a leader of the Wiccan community, the truth is, the other Crones and I aren’t truly entitled to the job. The true leaders of the Wiccan world are the Elementals. Four witches of immense power that can wield the powers of the elements. Earth. Water. Air. Fire. Thousands of years ago, a demon called Abaddon came into our dimension. Learning of the Four Elementals and the harmony they brought to not just the Wiccan world, but to the entire supernatural world, he set out to destroy them… and he did. They never expected the attack. Their protectors, no longer as vigilant as they once were, never saw him coming until it was too late. Shortly after the Four were destroyed, and the supernatural world had descended back into chaos, a prophecy was made that said when the four powers reunited as one, the demon Abaddon would meet his final end. Since that day he has tracked and killed each and every one of the witches that have inherited an elemental power, before they reach the age of twenty-five, the age when they would perform the ritual that you saw here tonight, to find their protector. Due to this, an idea was presented to Maggie, one of my fellow Crones, to allow the Elemental witches to perform the ritual on their twenty-first birthday, thus giving those witches a chance they would not have otherwise.”
    “What are you saying?” the Alpha asked, studying me as if looking for a clue to his suspicions.
    “What I am saying this that your son is going to become the protector of one such witch, that he is being left in charge of one of the most important people in our world.”
    Everyone was staring at me. I could feel their eyes on me even though I was refusing to meet their gazes.
    “She doesn't look like much,” the Beta commented, causing me to flinch and an angry snarl to escape Ethan’s mouth.
    “Calm it, boy,” the Alpha ordered.  Turning to address me, he asked, “So what are you, child?”
    “I am no child!” I spat, suddenly angry. I wanted nothing more than to up and leave. I hated it when people told the story of the four, always blabbering on about when the four reunited they would once again rule over the Wiccan world and harmony would fall over the supernatural one. What if I didn't want to do that? What if I just wanted a normal life? No one ever asked me what I wanted.
    Looking up at him, my eyes swirling with darkness as they always did when I was pissed, I spoke with anger in my voice. “I. Am. Earth."
     
    ~
    Ethan
     
    Okay, I really needed to do some reading. I was sure I had been taught about this in the past. I remember my mum use to tell me a story about four witches of incredible power. She had this small book of tales she used to tell me stories every night, but I was so young when she died that I can't really remember how the story went. For some reason, I got the strangest feeling that it was the story of these Elementals that she had been telling me about.
    And Kaia was one of them? What did that mean? How much danger was she in? I really needed to get my hands on that book, wherever the hell it was, or any book on the subject for that