between.’ That’s the part that scares me. What happens if one of us dies? Does it mean that we’re still bound or does it mean we die together?”
“I don’t know. I’m in no hurry to find out.”
“Me either.” Emma turned her head, positive that a shadow on the dashboard had moved. “Raphael had access to this book before but didn’t seem to know much. In fact, he suspected if we joined that we would know each other’s every thought, but he also said he wasn’t sure. So far that isn’t true with you and me.”
Speak for yourself .
She turned to him with a glare.
“Don’t worry. I can’t read your thoughts. I purposely sent that thought to you.”
So you can hear this ?
He grinned.
“But can we read each other’s thoughts like Jake could?” She tried to push in to Will’s mind and met a wall. She tried not to let the relief show on her face. Even though she didn’t plan to keep secrets from Will, she wasn’t comfortable with the idea of being an open book.
“No, apparently not, although you look relieved at that.”
“You can’t say you welcomed it.”
His eyes darkened. “There’s something to be said for privacy.”
Emma turned a page. “There’s hardly anything in here about the final confrontation. Only this:
“ The battle shall end the fight
When all four unite
Four will fight, two will remain.
And the end will restore
The balance again .
“I was reading that part right before Raphael showed up to get the book—I didn’t get to ‘the end would restore the balance’ then.” She read the section again. “Four will fight at the end and two will remain.”
“It says remain, Emma. Not live. That means the two who don’t remain don’t necessarily die. There’s a possibility we could all survive.”
“Not if Aiden has his way. That’s not his intention.”
“Did you find anything else?”
“Two things. The first is another type of oath, as you called it. It looks like the words give a transfer of power.”
“What does it say?”
With the shadows as my witness,
I give to you an irrevocable gift
Power and elemental control,
And all that is mine .
She looked up. “Do you think this is the oath Raphael and Alex took at the beginning of Aiden’s game?”
Will shook his head. “It says irrevocable. They hope to get their full power back, and it seems like insanity for them to fight Aiden while their powers are partial. Not only does he have his own full power but part of theirs.”
“But you told me, when I first started training, that energy can’t be created. It flows from one source to the next. Wouldn’t creating children weaken Aiden and Marcus’s power?”
Tapping his thumb on the steering wheel, Will shook his head. “It makes sense. I think it would.” He turned to look at her. “But we have to take it a step further.”
Her face rose to look into his eyes.
“You. And Alex. You had Jake. If this theory is correct, your power would have been weakened. Alex’s, too, probably.”
She leaned her head back into the seat. “I think you’re right. But Jake seems so powerful. More so than I am.”
“I don’t know. Maybe he is because both of his parents are elemental. It’s something to think about.”
She suspected he was right. Which meant all the training in the world couldn’t help her. She’d have to outthink her father, rather than overpower him. Now she needed the book more than ever.
“You said there was something else.”
“Yeah.” She sat up and flipped the pages. “It’s more like a poem than an oath. Maybe even a prophecy. But I know it’s something because I have to use my power to read it.”
“What does it say?”
Earth and Air, Water and Fire,
All are meant to rule apart and also as one
The world suffers from imbalance until the end
When one will be overcome
By that which has no price .
Will sat up, excited. “That last part. It’s in the prophecy. One will be overcome by
“I don’t know. I’m in no hurry to find out.”
“Me either.” Emma turned her head, positive that a shadow on the dashboard had moved. “Raphael had access to this book before but didn’t seem to know much. In fact, he suspected if we joined that we would know each other’s every thought, but he also said he wasn’t sure. So far that isn’t true with you and me.”
Speak for yourself .
She turned to him with a glare.
“Don’t worry. I can’t read your thoughts. I purposely sent that thought to you.”
So you can hear this ?
He grinned.
“But can we read each other’s thoughts like Jake could?” She tried to push in to Will’s mind and met a wall. She tried not to let the relief show on her face. Even though she didn’t plan to keep secrets from Will, she wasn’t comfortable with the idea of being an open book.
“No, apparently not, although you look relieved at that.”
“You can’t say you welcomed it.”
His eyes darkened. “There’s something to be said for privacy.”
Emma turned a page. “There’s hardly anything in here about the final confrontation. Only this:
“ The battle shall end the fight
When all four unite
Four will fight, two will remain.
And the end will restore
The balance again .
“I was reading that part right before Raphael showed up to get the book—I didn’t get to ‘the end would restore the balance’ then.” She read the section again. “Four will fight at the end and two will remain.”
“It says remain, Emma. Not live. That means the two who don’t remain don’t necessarily die. There’s a possibility we could all survive.”
“Not if Aiden has his way. That’s not his intention.”
“Did you find anything else?”
“Two things. The first is another type of oath, as you called it. It looks like the words give a transfer of power.”
“What does it say?”
With the shadows as my witness,
I give to you an irrevocable gift
Power and elemental control,
And all that is mine .
She looked up. “Do you think this is the oath Raphael and Alex took at the beginning of Aiden’s game?”
Will shook his head. “It says irrevocable. They hope to get their full power back, and it seems like insanity for them to fight Aiden while their powers are partial. Not only does he have his own full power but part of theirs.”
“But you told me, when I first started training, that energy can’t be created. It flows from one source to the next. Wouldn’t creating children weaken Aiden and Marcus’s power?”
Tapping his thumb on the steering wheel, Will shook his head. “It makes sense. I think it would.” He turned to look at her. “But we have to take it a step further.”
Her face rose to look into his eyes.
“You. And Alex. You had Jake. If this theory is correct, your power would have been weakened. Alex’s, too, probably.”
She leaned her head back into the seat. “I think you’re right. But Jake seems so powerful. More so than I am.”
“I don’t know. Maybe he is because both of his parents are elemental. It’s something to think about.”
She suspected he was right. Which meant all the training in the world couldn’t help her. She’d have to outthink her father, rather than overpower him. Now she needed the book more than ever.
“You said there was something else.”
“Yeah.” She sat up and flipped the pages. “It’s more like a poem than an oath. Maybe even a prophecy. But I know it’s something because I have to use my power to read it.”
“What does it say?”
Earth and Air, Water and Fire,
All are meant to rule apart and also as one
The world suffers from imbalance until the end
When one will be overcome
By that which has no price .
Will sat up, excited. “That last part. It’s in the prophecy. One will be overcome by
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