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Tara tried not to fidget, but it was difficult when she was so excited and scared. Mostly scared, but the excitement ran a close second.
It had been five days since the heads of the academies and the royal elementals met. Like earlier that day, she’d spent some of that time with Elias, Liam, and Aston, as they showed her their magic and tried to get her to tap into the supposed magic that was inside of her. Other times it was just her and Elias. The more she was near him, the harder it was to be apart from him. Nighttime had become one of her least favorite parts of the day. Most evenings, she laid in bed arguing with herself about why she should not go to his room and beg him to let her sleep on his floor just so she could be close to him. Because that wouldn’t be pathetic at all.
