Before Sentinels it was just earth Wielders. That was how powerful they
were and Ethan was the lucky boy that was going to be part of that. He was
going to become the next earth Wielder’s protector in every way possible.
Tears formed in Ethan’s eyes, but he refused to let them roll down his
cheek. He tried so hard to live up to his element, to be strong and special.
Sad that the boy didn’t know how strong or special he already was. Maybe
it was my fault as a father, as a parent.
I wanted to tell Natalie that she should stop making him feel so
terrible. He was just exploring. But what good would that do? We would just end
up fighting again. I was so tired of our fights. Shoulders slumped, I turned to
go inside. That was when I heard the roar of engines.
The hair on my arms and neck stood straight. Adrenaline poured into my
blood like jet fuel and my heartbeat skyrocketed as I turned to see Natalie
running toward me across the yard, jerking little Ethan along by the hand.
“Get rid of them. Now.” She shouldered past me into the house.
No one had seen what Ethan had done, right? No, it wasn’t possible. Was
it?
Three black Jeeps and a silver one careened into the driveway, spitting
gravel behind their shiny black tires. I leaped off the steps but then composed
myself. With great effort, I slowed to a sedate walk. I had to try to make this
farmhouse seem like any other sleepy home on this continent—even though it was
far from it.
Who are these people? What are they doing here?
They weren’t Necrocretors. Necrocretors didn’t use Jeeps or SUVs to make
their entrances. Whoever they were, they were driving fast. Too fast.
As they pulled closer, the sun glinted off the tinted windows and
blinded me. Then when they turned an angle, I saw it. It was the outline of a
barrel.
I dove for the willow. Bullets shredded bark above my head. Splinters
and sawdust flew everywhere.
My back was firmly against the tree, safe from the bullets, or so I
hoped. Thank goodness he grew a fully mature tree, I marveled. Otherwise I’d be
dead.
I recited words that hadn’t touched my tongue in years. I carried them
in my skin on my tattoo, across my chest, close to my heart. A phrase scribbled
in Latin that I’ve learned at a very young age: Estque vel me vel.
Its meaning was simple: It is either them or me.
If someone had to die, it wasn’t going to be me.
I took out the Zippo in my back pocket, closed my eyes, and used my
diaphragmatic breathing exercises to calm my heart.
More gunshots sizzled overhead. Bits of the porch railing and the willow
bar exploded. The air filled with the scent of sulfur and singed wood.
I took a deep breath.
Then I flicked the flint.
BLURB:
Ethan
SUTCLIFF is no normal seventeen-year-old, but he tries to be really hard. He is
what witches call a Guardian, or a the easier term will be a Bender. Benders
are crucial to elemental witches as they have the ability to bend their witches’
gifts. In Alex's case he is one of the rarest, an Earth Bender, but his witch
is either dead or deep in hiding and Ethan needs to find whoever they are
otherwise the witching race might be in danger.
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