Annabella POV
“Bella!” Jake’s frantic voice brings me from my spiraling thoughts. Sweat drips down my face from the two-story high wall of fire that erupted a moment ago. I take a breath, the wall simmering in the grass. Jake audibly breaths out.
“Sorry,” I whisper.
“Where did your head go just now?” he asks me.
“Zander,” I reply simply.
“Burn down the world,” he mutter with a shake of his head. “We need to practice air and water without fire,” he instructs me. I will the wind to rustle the leaves and swirl around his body. The water laps at the edge of the riverbed, reaching out for me to call my still frazzled nerves. “Stop,” he commands. His Gamma aura doesn’t truly affect me, but he only uses it with me when he's frustrated and wants me to focus, so I usually heed to it.
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