Page 31 of Gift from the Source
Their hands graze my body and I suck in a settling breath as we step up to the cascading branches of my tree. I hold onto their words like a lifeline and repeatedly tell myself the beings that are here will be okay, and I won’t make them wait long to return home.
“Go ahead, little warrior. We’ll be out here when you’re done,” Tillman says softly, parting the low-hanging branches for me to walk through.
I look over my shoulder at our family, who are both patrolling like he told them to and talking among themselves while they wait on me. They’re just as ready to get home as I am.
With a tight smile to my men and a pulse of assuredness through our bond, I walk through the opening. A sigh escapes me at the loving, familiar sight as the branches behind me close, concealing me from everyone’s view.
Kneeling in my spot, I place my hand on the trunk of my tree and look above me at the rays cutting through the small holes in the canopy. I let the warmth settle over me and replay a few blissful memories of the lessons I’ve learned here.
A small smile lingers on my lips as the happier times of my past soothe my racing heart, and with a deep breath, I open my pocket dimension.
The weight of my mom’s book halts the trembling in my hand, and I gently caress the Nexus mark across the cover.
“I couldn’t begin to tell you the lessons CC taught me here. There’re simply too many to count or recall right now, but having the opportunity to learn one from you here in this spot…it means the world to me, Momma,” I whisper to the cover as I lay my lips to it softly.
Laying the book down and pricking my finger, I recite the enchantment with a much smoother, stronger tone than I had the first time I did this.
“Air, earth, water, fire so bright,
Four elements pure and right.
Remember these with joy and cheer,
The elements become one, the world becomes clear.”
The magic pulses in the air around me, and when its strong presence simmers down, I open the cover. The pages flip of their own accord, landing on the page I need.
Welcome back, my little dragonfly.
Hey, Momma.I chuckle.
By now you’ve already put our little lesson on detecting the portals to good use. I remember the rush and shock I felt the first time I ever detected the many portals that had been opened in Elementra. I soon learned, the women in our family loved to wander the realms.
It’s not only a part of our nature, but our jobs.
I got to do my own adventuring a little in the time my Nexus and I had together in Elementra.
That’s a story for a later time, though.
“Of course it is.” I sigh softly, rolling my eyes.
So for our next lesson, we’ll learn how to open a portal to get into Elementra and how to close a portal.
Closing them is much easier and the same across the board. It doesn’t matter where that portal comes or goes. The process doesn’t change.
Now I know the question is on the tip of your tongue, so I’ll go ahead and spoil it. Opening a portal that’s already been created or creating one of your own to travel elsewhere will be our final section in our lesson on portals, then we’ll get into your gift, my girl.
My heart rate picks up speed once again with her written words. The thrill and need to know those answers are strong, but that’s my impatience to know all the secrets that make me, well, me. It’s been a burning desire that needs to be fed sooner rather than later, but I swallow it down and force myself to focus on the task at hand.
Getting our asses home.
Let’s start with closing since it’s the easiest of the two. Repeat after me. The same spell as before.
‘Release to me the ties of time and space,
Deliver the information for me to embrace.’
Just like the first time around, I don’t hesitate. I follow her directions.
