Changer's Blood (Balancer's Soul cycle) (93 page)

When Connor touched down next to
her
he smiled softly. “I’m sorry for making the ending of your birthday turn out like this.”

Sarah
knew he was feeling upset and knowing that he thought it was his fault
. So she
touched his cheek gently. “Connor, nothing could ever diminish how much fun I had yesterday.” He smiled, but there wasn’t much sincerity in it.

Jillian
changed the mood by chirping “I want to see if you
can also do the blue
flame thing
too
!”

Connor took
her
hand from his cheek and kissed each of
her
knuckles. “Thanks, Princess.”
H
e strolled
away
to stand next to her
parents.

Sarah
turned around to look at the three observers who waited intently.

She
closed
her
eyes after taking in a deep breath.
She
focused on
her
right hand and funneled energy down
into it like always, but with a twist
.
She
imagined a
dark
bl
ue
flame that Connor showed
them
inside the dome
just minutes before
. Normally when she
pour
s
energy for fire into
her
hand it feels like
warm flowing water going down the
arm, but this feeling was like the warmth of the sun just under
the
skin. As
she
opened
her
eyes a ball of bl
ue
flames
danc
ed
over the palm of
her
hand
.

She
then looked up
and snuffed out the
flame
. Connor had a
half
pleased
expression
while
her
parents were shocked. “Father? What’s wrong?”

He shook his head a
nd said “I’ve never seen a blue
fame
from any F
ire
Balancers
before. I haven’t even seen a Keeper with
the power to make a flame
that
color before
. Not even I can change the shade of my flames.”

Connor changed the subject again. At least this time he sounded more like himself. “Jillian, how long do we have until the Mélange gathering?”

She
smiled
up
at Connor’s
resiliency. “We have two weeks
until the meeting begins. We’ll want to get there earlier than that because they have games and entertainment
that can’t be matched b
y normal humans.
The gathering lasts for about six months, but the Elders only take a little over a month of our time. The rest is up to us.
”

“Like what?”

Sarah spoke up because she
want
s
him to be surprised
for once
. “You’ll see when we get there. Trust me, you’ll absolutely love it.”
She
smiled. “I had to wait for my present. Now it’s your turn.”

Connor turned back to look at
her
. This time his smile was genuine. “Well, what are we waiting for?”

Jack
gained
her
mate
’
s attention. “There are two things we need to do before we go
.” He held up one finger. “We will need to prepare to be gone for the next six months because the meeting
, in my experience,
will last two
whole
months by itself. So prepare everyone who knows you that you’ll be gone for that long.”
J
ack
held up his second finger. “We will have to travel on foot to get there and the only exception will be for the people who live overseas.
We have to use our own strength to get
there
.
So when everything is finished we’ll leave. Not before.”

Sarah
walked up to Connor. “I’m hungry
again
. The sooner we leave the sooner we can get things finished.”

He smiled down at
her
. Looking at
her
parents he asked “Would the two of you like to fly back to the truck or would you rather walk?”

Jack
said modestly
and not disguising his fear
“We would rather run on the ground if you wouldn’t mind.”

Connor didn’t mind and the four of
them
began to run back to the truck.
Running a
bout the same time bac
k to th
e truck was actually relaxing. She
say
s
that because with each step
her
stress diminished slowly.

Pulling into
her
parent’s driveway Connor turned
off the ignition. The four of them
stepped out of the
vehicle,
each grabbed
their
bags and went
their
separate ways.

As Connor and Sarah
stepped into
the
clearing of
their
home
they
walked to the cottage and
Sarah twisted the doorknob. She
whispered to
her
mate. “Connor, I locked the door before we left.”

His face became stone serious as he softly put the bags on the snow and didn’t make a
single
sou
nd. He grabbed
Tool and held it with his right hand as he opened the front door to
their
home
to greet whoever wasn’t invited
.

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Look forward to the next Chapter in Connor and Sarah’s life as they search for answers to a question they’ve been unable to answer; Why are they so unique? Hopefully someone at the Mélange can answer it.

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