Betrayals of Spring (Forever Fae #2)(66)
I haven’t been able to think straight since this happened to Meliantha. The ache in my chest is unbearable at times and it makes my body feel like it is going to explode if I don’t get her back. She needs my help and I feel useless just sitting here waiting.
“When is Elvena supposed to arrive?” I ask impatiently.
“She should be arriving with Calista and Ryder any moment now,” he responds sounding hopeful.
Almost time, my love. I will bring you back, I think to myself wishing Meliantha could hear me. We sit in silence for about half an hour when the door bursts open and in comes Elvena being quickly followed by Calista, Ryder, and... Finn. Finn blames me for Meliantha being trapped inside her body, and he’s made it known on numerous occasions. If I knew Meliantha didn’t care for the bastard I would have already killed him. Ashur has had to break us apart many times. I’ve told Finn on many occasions that I fully blame myself and that I would gladly forfeit my life to save hers if I could. I also made it apparent that he isn’t the only one suffering and that he’s not the only one that loves her. He’s stayed away from me for the remainder of the time I have spent here until now. He scowls at me and I scowl back. I seriously hope he doesn’t plan on following Meliantha to the Spring Court when it’s formed because I’ll surely have something to say about that.
Elvena is the Prophetess and she also happens to be half brownie and half elf. She walks over to us and sits on the bed beside Meliantha. It’s been a while since I’ve seen her, but she’s a petite, curly brown haired woman with fierceness in her amber colored eyes. A frown mars her face as she looks intently down at Meliantha. We’re all afraid to hear what she has to say about Meliantha’s situation.
Elvena is one of the most powerful beings in the world along with the prophetic Four women the dark sorcerer is trying desperately to steal magic from. He’s managed to obtain Calista’s and Meliantha’s power, and now he’ll be after the other two. One of those women happens to be my sister, Sorcha, and the other, Ariella.
Closing her eyes, Elvena places her hands on both sides of Meliantha’s head. She then begins speaking in the Old Fae language and continues to do so while furrowing her eyebrows. I can’t stop from shaking so I stand up and begin pacing alongside the bed. My heart feels like it’s in my throat, and I can’t seem to breathe as I wait in anticipation. Please don’t let there be bad news, I pray. Elvena removes her hands and then slowly slides off the bed. I take in a shaky breath while I wait for her to begin speaking. She looks at us all and lets out a heavy sigh. “She is lost,” was her weary reply.
I shake my head in confusion, “I don’t understand. What do you mean she’s lost?”
She looks at me with sorrowful eyes and explains, “When she tried to heal you she gave you everything in her soul. Her determination to save you was so strong that she wore her body out until there was nothing left.” She looks at the floor and then back up to me. Tears are forming in her eyes and her lip begins to tremble. Elvena takes a deep breath before continuing, “She thinks you are dead, Kalen. She never saw you open your eyes so she…she thinks she failed to save you. Her heartbreak and devastation has made her feel lost, and now she’s stuck neither here nor there, but in another world all alone. She will wander around endlessly searching for answers until we bring her back.”
“How can we bring her back from this? Isn’t this a different situation than what Calista’s was,” Ashur interrupts.
Elvena wipes away her tears and replies, “Yes it is, child, but the same magic I did with Merrick and Ryder when trying to find Calista is still the same. Getting in her head is the easy part, but finding her might be harder than you think. The longer she goes searching for answers, the farther out she will be.”
“When can we start?” I ask, impatient to get things moving. I don’t want to waste another moment. I look at Elvena and Ashur because other than Elvena she will need both Ashur and me to channel the magic through our bonds with Meliantha.
Ashur nods his head, “I’m ready, Prophetess.”
We all three sit on the bed and hold hands. I am not sure what to expect, but Elvena explains, “I’m going to start by speaking some magical words in the Old Fae language, and I need you to focus as hard as you can on the bond you have with Meliantha. You will then begin to feel an extreme amount of pressure building up around your body, and immediately thereafter you will be thrust into her mind. All three of us will be reunited in her mind and in the place she is lost. We will figure out the rest when we get there.” Ashur and I look at each other and nod our heads in understanding. “Close your eyes and concentrate,” Elvena instructs.
I close my eyes and I envision the bond I have with Meliantha. It isn’t complete yet, but I can still feel the closeness I have to her soul. I grasp on to that feeling and I keep it close. I can feel the pressure building around my body and it makes me feel like I am about to explode. I begin to see nothing but a bright white light behind my eyelids, and then...I’m there.
Elvena and Ashur are standing before me and are just as mesmerized as I am of our surroundings. Everything here is white. The grass is soft underneath my feet, but it’s white. The trees are white, the flowers are white, and even the sun shining above is giving off a white glow. The only color here is us and the clothes we are wearing. There’s no sign of Meliantha and it looks as if this place goes on for miles and miles past the horizon.