Free Wicked (The Drake Chronicles Book 1) by Clover Donovan Page B

inside,” Emma explained as she wrapped her arms around herself and leaned back in the chair.
     
                  “Did you feel cold?” Logan asked. He caught Emma’s attention and she slowly nodded. How did he know that?
     
                  “Yes.”
     
                  “I was reading about it earlier. I thought Ethan would listen to my dad. What you were feeling was Ethan’s dark power overriding. He must have been using a lot of it, because since you’re his twin sister it’s affecting you too.”
     
                  “If his dark power dominates again, he won’t have to wait until his eighteenth birthday; he’ll become a dark warlock on his own. I really can’t stress how much it matters whether you embrace your dark magic or white.”
     
    “Ethan is using too much, and I have this feeling that it is just the beginning for him. We have to get him back here after he finds Oleandra. If he stays in Elsmere with Adam of all people too long, he’ll lose himself in the darkness and you will more than likely lose your brother.” Emma sat still, her head still throbbing.
     
    She couldn’t let Ethan become a dark warlock. She couldn’t lose her brother; he was all she had left. She had to do something about this, and she had to make sure he got back safely.
     
                  “Why don’t we go to Elsmere and keep an eye on Ethan?” Emma stood up from her chair and began rubbing her temples. If she could just be with him, she’d be able to help him.
     
                  “You can’t go there, Emma. It’s like the perfect trap for you and Ethan if you were both there, and at least we’re protected here. I’ll call Adam’s father and let him know what is going on; he might be able to help Ethan keep his powers balanced. He’s one of the most trusted of the dark.”
     
                  “That makes me feel a little better, thank you.” Emma tried her best to calm herself down. “And what is it with you and Adam? You nearly killed each other earlier,” Emma slid down against the bookshelf and sat Indian style on the carpeted ground.
     
    She could fall asleep here if she wanted. It was so cozy. Logan didn’t look like he wanted to talk about Adam, but he stared down at Emma and sighed heavily.
     
                  “He’s a dark warlock, if you haven’t already guessed. And though my father trusts Preston, Adam’s father, I don’t like Adam. We’ve never really got along. Even when we were kids,” Logan explained .
     
    “I understand,” Emma said. She quickly thought of Ethan. She didn’t know that Adam was dark and she didn’t like Ethan being with him one bit. She already didn’t like Adam from what he had done to Logan, and now her disliking of him grew immensely.
     
                  “Is there any way that I can get a message to Ethan? Maybe a note or something,” Emma got up from the ground and snatched a pen from the table. She wanted to tell Ethan to be careful and not to let Adam influence him. She wanted him to be safe and sound.
     
                  “Actually, you can but we’re trying not to use a lot of magic in the house right now. It could give us away-”
     
                  “I just want to tell him that he needs to hurry and get back. If I would have known that Adam was a freaking dark warlock, I would have went with him instead of Ethan. Ethan’s like a sponge, he soaks up everything and if it pisses people off, he’ll do it more. You don’t understand, Logan. I know my brother.”
     
                  “Fine, just let me make a quick phone call to Preston.” Logan hurried over to his father’s enclosed desk and whispered a spell into the glass.
     
     
                  A while later, Logan led Emma through a maze of older bookshelves that were hidden behind a secret door from within the library. The dust