Page 91 of Sealed By Fire (The Nature Hunters Academy 2)

Damn soul-bonded hormones, she mentally grumbled.

Josie turned to Tara and Elias. “You are newly bonded and it’s not complete,” she said.

It wasn’t a question and that made Tara squirm. How could Josie tell she and Elias had not completed the bond?

“Once all the information has been shared, we need to speak with you both in private. You must understand how imperative it is that you complete the bond as soon as possible,” Josie continued.

“Elias, I know you’re not exactly clear on the whole thing, so I’ll just say it on your level,” said Liam. “She’s saying you and your hot soul mate need to get horizontal and get your…”

“Liam,” Ra’s deep voice filled the room. Yet, he hadn’t spoken loudly.

“Damn. You’re going to totally cramp my ability to make Tara blush and piss Elias off. Can’t you go back to hell?” Liam whined.

Tara couldn’t help but snort.Stupid, water boy. Then she laughed louder because she just realized she’d called him water boy, and it would totally annoy him when she said it out loud. Which she would. Soon. When the world wasn’t falling apart. Or maybe sooner.

“You said you knew something about the temperature dropping?” Elias asked, taking the attention off Liam and the stern look Ra was giving him.

Miles nodded. “It’s not just here. It’s all over. We talked to several of our warriors around the globe. It’s everywhere.”

“What would cause that?” Aston asked.

“We can answer that,” Nasima said.

Everyone’s head turned to the air queen. “Something has happened to Dhara. With both earth elemental royals out of commission, there is no one to regulate the earth's temperature.”

“But you guys are elementals,” Tara said. “Don’t you all control some form of the weather?”

All three shook their heads, but Aviur answered. “We can control our respective elements, but the earth’s temperature is controlled by its core and the sun. The sun is drawn by Dhara and Beaumont, her mate. For lack of a better explanation, they are the sun's gravity. They pull the rays and maintain the temperature of the earth’s core. If the temperature is dropping, then they are either dead or gone from any realm connected to the human realm through light and goodness.”

“Okay, that made as much sense as a rabbit speaking french,” Shelly said. “Gonna have to dumb it down for the peanut gallery.”

Aviur’s lips turned up slightly. “She is your choice?” the fire king asked as he looked at Ra.

“She is.”

“I like her,” Aviur said.

“I adore her,” Ra replied softly.

Tara’s eyes had to be bugging out of her head because she didn’t think Ra was the type to show any form of emotion. Yet he’d just admitted to an entire room of supernatural beings that he adored the girl sitting next to him, who, Tara might add, was grinning like a Disney princess who’d just discovered the animals could understand her and loved to sing with her.

“You are going to tell me about the bond I see,” Aviur said sternly.

“Bonded and married?” Tara asked.

“Bloody hell,” Elias growled.

“Oh, come on!” Liam hollered as he threw his hands up in the air.

Aston was the only one who didn’t seem shocked. He sounded curious. “How can that be?”

There were four sets of voices as Tara, Elias, Liam, and Aston all spoke at the same time.

Ra didn’t seem to even notice the outbursts as he glanced at the clock on the wall above the doors to the office. “I will, but time is of the essence.”

“It is not complete,” Nasima was the one to speak. “I hadn’t even noticed until the fire king said something.”

“This is Osiris’s doing?” Aviur asked. His voice dropped to a deadly tone.

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