Natalie P.O.V
My stomach was swirling like a tornado when I finally stopped to stand in front of Raven. I felt like a child about to be scolded for doing something wrong; Paige took my clammy hand in hers as I grimaced up at her. . Her brow was deeply burrowed between her eyes in a confused, disapproving frown.
“I thought you said you were sure your element was water?” The crowd was starting to scatter, and I could hear the low chatter and whispers within the small groups of people.
'Are they talking about me?'
“I thought so too.” I was so sure water was my element. I could feel every ripple and curve of it when it was close by.
“So how did you manage to do that then?” Raven’s eyes only ever left my face to glance behind me at the cooling carcass of the bonfire.
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