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

that had treated me as her own these past few years. She may be centuries old but you wouldn’t know it without looking deep into her ancient eyes. She had the body of a healthy thirty year old, with long raven locks that ran down her back and seemed to blow in an invisible wind when she cast spells. Hands on hips, her golden eyes glaring at me, routing me to the spot. I was in big trouble.
    “I knew very well that you and Dyanna wouldn’t stay in tonight and I let it go, sending Tony and Matt to watch your back, but never did I expect to get a call from them telling me that you had run off, leaving Dyanna behind, and before they could catch up with you, you’d gotten into some stranger’s car. And worse of all, that was over three hours ago,” she raged. “What do you have to say for yourself?”
    Moving over to the sofa, I collapsed into the soft cushions. As I explained why I had run from the pit, her eyes slowly softened. “Has there been? Has the demon already started searching for me?”
    Taking a seat on the coffee table in front of me, she took a hold of my hands and spoke softly. “Not as far as we know, but I didn’t want to take any chances. I thought it was best to be cautious. The demon hasn’t been seen in this country for at least a decade that we know of, but that could easily change. I didn’t tell you so as not to worry you, you already have so much on your mind with performing this ritual four years early. Now I see that it would have been best if I had taken the time to fill you in on all the preparations. But that aside, you still need to explain why you got into some stranger’s car and where the hell you have been for the past three hours.”
    “He wasn’t a stranger,” I mumbled, not really wanting to talk about Ethan but I knew I had to explain some things to her. “It was an old friend. He offered to give me a lift home but didn’t realise that I wasn’t staying with my mother. By the time I realised his mistake, we were almost there, so he dropped his friend off and turned back around to bring me here.”
    “A friend huh?” Her voice was laced with scepticism. “And what would this friend’s name be?”
    “Mmm… Well…”
    “Kaia, you left over three hours ago with some boy I do not know. I expect you to, at least, give me his name.”
    Nodding as I rose from the sofa, wanting to make a swift exit, I locked gazes with hers, swallowing the lump in my throat. “Ethan. His name is Ethan.” I saw recognition light in her eyes and quickly exited the room before she could ask any more questions, heading up to my room only to be ambushed again by Dyanna.
    “What the hell, Kaia,” she stormed, slamming the door behind me the second I stepped through it. “How could you just run off like that and leave me there? Hannah wouldn’t give me a lift home and Greg was no help. I would have just spelled myself home but you know I can’t do that after I’ve had alcohol. I ended up with Tony and Matt dragging me back and Grace ranting at me for the hours that it took you to get your ass back here. Where the hell were you? I was worried sick.”
    I hated that I had caused her so much trouble and worried her. I hadn’t meant too, I’d just needed to get the hell out of there. And then Ethan turned up and everything but him just vanished from my mind. “Sorry, Dyanna, I just had to get out of there before I lost it and someone noticed.”
    “Noticed what?”
    “The cracks in the floor beneath my feet. The slight trembling of the earth.”
    “Oh. Shit, Kaia, I hadn’t realised,” she apologised, pulling me into a hug.
    “It was low level but I had to get out before it escalated. With Greg talking about the Circle and what they had been doing out there, my mind just went on overload thinking of all the reasons they would be doing that. I just freaked out a little.”
    “But you’re okay now?” she asked, looking me in the eyes.
    “Yeah, I'm good.”
    “You sure? You don’t