of the paternal line. They set her at the edge of the woods and asked her to call fire.
That was how the guards had located her. The bright molten lava of the geothermic area came to the surface easily and gave her a warm place to stay while she waited for help.
The next step was the dome.
She sighed and leaned back against Rackon. “So, you can see what triggered it.”
He pressed a kiss to her temple. “Yes, I can. So, you have a daughter?”
Hahvi smiled. “I do. She is alive, healthy and completely unconnected to me. My sister could not risk bringing her for visits, because the sight of her would jostle the blocks that Haloor and Hakena tried so hard to put in place.”
“Do you want to see her?”
Hahvi sighed, “More than anything but not on Resicor. If I can’t keep her safe from incarceration, I don’t want to risk her freedom.”
“Spoken like a mother.” He stroked her hair back. “Does she have hair like you?”
Hahvi chuckled. “I have no idea. They didn’t allow us pictures of family.”
“I will put out inquiries. There may be a way to get your family off Resicor.”
“Haloor likes his position. It has enabled him to help any number of the newer physical talents.”
“He will be in danger if your daughter disappears.”
“I know it, so I will send him plain and uninformed messages and hope that he replies to me.”
He pressed another kiss to her temple, and she turned her face to his, kissing him gently.
He sighed against her cheek. “You have a full day ahead.”
With another caress to her face, she fell into the embrace of darkness.
Chapter Eleven
Aliora had dark circles under her eyes but a determined hand on the controls. “How close do you need me to get?”
Hahvi looked around and found a rock jutting out of the lava flow. “That one, right there.”
The idea was that Hahvi could get up to heat on the rock and move the lava from there. The moment that the pressure was off the walls of the city, they were taking off.
Hahvi opened the gate on the small flier and prepared to drop.
“I am in position, but I can’t hold it long.” Aliora grimaced and wrestled with the controls.
“You don’t have to.” Hahvi dropped onto the ten-foot plateau of rock at the point where two columns of lava met and mingled.
Her body started to hum with energy, and she drew the heat up into her cells and turned it into power that she could use.
Aliora smiled and waved as she returned to the city. “Good luck!” was a shout that faded with the wind and the roar of the rock.
Hahvi faced her element, raised her arms and got to work.
High on the hillside, a video recorder was aimed at the site, the edge of the city, and it took in the image of the alien who commanded stone to craft a wall around the city letting the inhabitants lift the city to safety without fear of dying a fiery death.
Hahvi pushed the stone back and up, causing a churning wave back on itself. The wall grew as she continued to be a barrier to the movement of molten stone. When it was fifteen feet high and expanded to either side of the city, she pushed the lava aside to allow them to lift off.
She felt rather than saw the propulsion of the city. It threw air off in waves as it pushed away from the surface of the planet it had been built on.
Hahvi kept her mind on the lava as the city shifted position and hovered its way across the landscape toward their new home.
When they shifted toward the valley that would lead them, Hahvi crafted another diversion that sent the lava down and to the left. The air they were blasting cooled the surface, and the city slowly hummed along.
With nothing else to focus on, Hahvi began to sculpt shapes in the lava, pulling strands out and over the barricade to create a village made of wrought stone on the empty plateau that had previously hosted the city. It would be wiped out as soon as the lava broke the barricades, but for now, it was a bit of fun.
She shifted, twisted and
That was how the guards had located her. The bright molten lava of the geothermic area came to the surface easily and gave her a warm place to stay while she waited for help.
The next step was the dome.
She sighed and leaned back against Rackon. “So, you can see what triggered it.”
He pressed a kiss to her temple. “Yes, I can. So, you have a daughter?”
Hahvi smiled. “I do. She is alive, healthy and completely unconnected to me. My sister could not risk bringing her for visits, because the sight of her would jostle the blocks that Haloor and Hakena tried so hard to put in place.”
“Do you want to see her?”
Hahvi sighed, “More than anything but not on Resicor. If I can’t keep her safe from incarceration, I don’t want to risk her freedom.”
“Spoken like a mother.” He stroked her hair back. “Does she have hair like you?”
Hahvi chuckled. “I have no idea. They didn’t allow us pictures of family.”
“I will put out inquiries. There may be a way to get your family off Resicor.”
“Haloor likes his position. It has enabled him to help any number of the newer physical talents.”
“He will be in danger if your daughter disappears.”
“I know it, so I will send him plain and uninformed messages and hope that he replies to me.”
He pressed another kiss to her temple, and she turned her face to his, kissing him gently.
He sighed against her cheek. “You have a full day ahead.”
With another caress to her face, she fell into the embrace of darkness.
Chapter Eleven
Aliora had dark circles under her eyes but a determined hand on the controls. “How close do you need me to get?”
Hahvi looked around and found a rock jutting out of the lava flow. “That one, right there.”
The idea was that Hahvi could get up to heat on the rock and move the lava from there. The moment that the pressure was off the walls of the city, they were taking off.
Hahvi opened the gate on the small flier and prepared to drop.
“I am in position, but I can’t hold it long.” Aliora grimaced and wrestled with the controls.
“You don’t have to.” Hahvi dropped onto the ten-foot plateau of rock at the point where two columns of lava met and mingled.
Her body started to hum with energy, and she drew the heat up into her cells and turned it into power that she could use.
Aliora smiled and waved as she returned to the city. “Good luck!” was a shout that faded with the wind and the roar of the rock.
Hahvi faced her element, raised her arms and got to work.
High on the hillside, a video recorder was aimed at the site, the edge of the city, and it took in the image of the alien who commanded stone to craft a wall around the city letting the inhabitants lift the city to safety without fear of dying a fiery death.
Hahvi pushed the stone back and up, causing a churning wave back on itself. The wall grew as she continued to be a barrier to the movement of molten stone. When it was fifteen feet high and expanded to either side of the city, she pushed the lava aside to allow them to lift off.
She felt rather than saw the propulsion of the city. It threw air off in waves as it pushed away from the surface of the planet it had been built on.
Hahvi kept her mind on the lava as the city shifted position and hovered its way across the landscape toward their new home.
When they shifted toward the valley that would lead them, Hahvi crafted another diversion that sent the lava down and to the left. The air they were blasting cooled the surface, and the city slowly hummed along.
With nothing else to focus on, Hahvi began to sculpt shapes in the lava, pulling strands out and over the barricade to create a village made of wrought stone on the empty plateau that had previously hosted the city. It would be wiped out as soon as the lava broke the barricades, but for now, it was a bit of fun.
She shifted, twisted and
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