Abandoned Tear -The Elementals Saga - hima vemula (best books for 20 year olds .TXT) 📗

heard her, she felt the jolts of shocks passing through her body. Lila gasped when she finally saw her; she was wearing a skirt with two shades of green silks overlapping the other, roughly cut   hem as if someone ripped it off with hands, a sleeveless crop top with same color combination, a crown made of flowers was arranged to the side on her unruly wavy hair. She was dressed in austere style yet there was something about her presence itself that commanded attention and radiated strength. She beckoned her, Lila found herself following her soft footsteps that seemed to be kissing the ground slightly, green grass cropped out where her feet touched.

 

She stopped abruptly, even her slightest movements seemed to Lila like she was dancing. Her smile was sweet but never reached her green eyes.

 

“Your destiny awaits, little sister.” She said, glancing at the mouth of the waterfall. It was then that Lila realized where she walked into and understood why her feet felt cold.

 

“See you soon, Salila.” “Wait! I don’t even know your name.” Her smile broadened. “Ash…” Her name, her sweet scent lingered in the air as she disappeared. It was only seconds before Lila came to her senses and understood that she had no clue of how to get back to the camp.

 

“Ash… how do I get back to the camp?” she felt like an idiot talking to nothing but the wind. The sky is no longer painted in orange shades, which meant her friends are awake and probably freaking out. They would eventually find her though, after all Kyle is a warlock. She decided that she would walk down the hill and meet them halfway.

 

“Sometimes, all you need is a push in right direction.” She heard Ash whispering in her mind.

 

“Ash, where are you? Please help me.” Lila did a full circle to find the green maid.

 

Two things happened at the very moment, she heard someone calling her from the bank, a strong gust of wind smelling much like Ash pushed her, the green mossy stones weren’t much helpful either, she fell and the currents were suddenly strong enough to push her towards the edge. Lila found herself, shrieking at the top of her voice. The wind tugging at her strongly, her ears suddenly felt dysfunctional. Her heart weighed too much, her whole body feeling the impact. She endured that whole sickening feelings for few more minutes, before she splashed into the water. She drank a mouthful of water and panic seemed to kick in. She tried to flap her arms in a desperate attempt to swim. The more she did it, the more she sank in. Exhausted, she gave up trying.

 

“Kyle, wake up. I can’t find Lila anywhere.” Erin jerked him awake. He sat up rubbing his eyes, Erin felt that he is totally adorable; with his messy bed hair and the child like scowl on his face. Erin mentally slapped herself, this is not the time or place.

 

“Lila is missing. Jesse went to find her.” He sat up abruptly.

 

Jesse watched over his shoulders to make sure that none of them was looking. He changed into his paws, he has better chances of finding her in his animal form. When he was finally able to part her scent from all other scents. He let out an involuntary howl, it was nothing like the scent of the children of Maya, while they smelled like magic and herbs. She smelled more ancient, strong and something that he couldn’t quite figure out. His paws carried him faster than his legs could do.

 

He smelled something of woods as he bounded towards her. He changed into his human form as he walked towards her careful not to scare away her company.

 

“Your destiny awaits, little sister.” Jesse gasped. The wood scent, nymph!

 

“See you soon, Salila.” Salila? Hm! That must be her full name but why does that name sound so familiar. He frowned in deep thought. A wood nymph appearing out of nowhere, risking the exposure of her race just to talk to a normal girl from her rivalry clan.

 

“Wait! I don’t even know your name.” He perked up his ears, that’s what he wanted to hear.

 

“Ash…” He smiled. Nymphs are tricky, how could he forget that. They wouldn’t easily give away their name. Ash is probably her clan name.

 

“Ash… how do I get back to the camp?” The nymph vanished, he stepped out of the trees to see Lila talking to the wind. He doubted that Ash would even reply to her, they are concerned about what they wanted to do and once they are done with it. They have no care about anything.

 

“Ash, where are you? Please help me.” Lila did a full circle to find the green maid. Jesse saw her panic stricken and he was sure that the nymph was playing mind games, scaring the poor girl. Was she really innocent? If she is a regular witch how come a wood nymph found her? Why does she smell so different? Jesse felt a tingle in his spine as he groped for the memory of the scent in his mind.

“Lila…”He called setting all his thoughts apart. One second, he saw her standing there and the next he heard her screaming as she fell down. Without further ado, he jumped in after her, he changed into his animal mid-way in the air, and he never got a control on his animal instincts kicking in every time they sense danger.

“Salila…” It wasn’t Ash this time, this voice was warm and affectionate. Her eyes peered open, she felt her breathing was normal, her blurry vision felt something swimming towards her in the water. A dog? She shook her head little which hurt more than she could bear. Wolf? Panicked she kicked her legs to move away.

 

Lila was floating in the water as if she was on a water bed, not fighting for breath like he expected her to. That brought a horrific thought to his mind, was he too late? Is she dead? Kyle’s image popped in his thoughts, he would be devastated. He swam more hard to reach to her.

 

When he saw her kicking her legs, trying desperately to move away. He felt relieved that she is still alive but how? His enhanced vision now caught sight of the blue water bubble wrapped around her head.

 

He changed into his human form realizing what’s setting the panic in her. When he grabbed for her, she was still kicking trying to get away from him. It was becoming harder for him as well, he needs air. He caught her both hands and jerked her awake trying to get her to open her eyes, actually see him. His hold on her released when her eyelids fluttered open, he caught his breath when he stared at the deep blue pools of eyes, her gaze flitting past him and beyond, He followed her gaze, it took a while for him to adjust the vision and see what she was staring at, a wide opening like a cavern.

 

The burning need for oxygen, reminded him to get out of the water soon. When he finally brought her to the shore, Kyle and Erin were hovering over them to help.

 

A cup of hot cocoa, helped them. Lila was recounting the story to them. Kyle had many questions about this lady that Lila mentioned but to which Lila had no answers, all that she could give was her name. But that wasn’t enough for him to confirm anything. On the other hand, Jesse sat silent, he glared at her when she mentioned about the wolf in the water. He was falsely hoping that she would forget or dismiss that as a mere imagination. Obviously, she showed no signs of doing that.

 

“Wolf? Did you see one?” Erin asked turning towards Jesse. Jesse shrugged his shoulders, though his heart was racing.

 

After what seemed to be an hour of sharing their stories, Kyle obviously had to do a locator spell, he then teleported himself and Erin to the place. They went to pack the things up, but it was almost mid-day and they had a long walk down the hill.

“Thanks for saving me.” Lila felt bad that she wasn’t able to thank him earlier. Jesse’s mind was pre-occupied by many thoughts. Her eyes, the charm bubble and the wood nymph, who is she? He knows that he can’t share it with anyone not without risking her life. Children of Maya are mortal enemies of anything unknown and powerful. He shook his head, here he was thinking about the girls’ safety when the girl blabbered his greatest secret. “She didn’t tell you were the wolf,” his human half advised. “That is because she doesn’t know you are, if she did, she would go blabbering to her minds in a second. It wouldn’t take Kyle long to figure out if he believes that she saw a wolf.”

 

“But he didn’t. He thinks that her brain was muddled from almost drowning.” His human-half retorted.

 

“The cavern.” He heard her gasp. He didn’t want anyone to know about the cavern as well. It was their secret and she had no right to tell them about it just like the wolf.

 

“Can’t you just keep quiet about the wolf part?” He growled as the other two were out of their vicinity. His reaction scared her, he almost looked unrecognizable with that glare he directed towards her. She backed away and ran towards Erin.

 

Lila frowned. “Lila, come on. We don’t want to miss the boat.” Erin called.

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