Chapter 30

• I rushed to my bedroom, open the door looking around, itching to see him. It takes not even a second. "Elijah!" I shout and run at him, catching him off guard He smashes against the wall and I wrap my arms around his neck pulling his face down to mine. He didn't even have time to gasp before I crash my lips to his with sudden urgency and need. He held onto me, responding slowly, which I'm guessing is because he was confused. I pulled away and hoped off of him. He was breathing heavy, running his hand through his 'just had sex' hair. I smiled. "Sorry... It's just." I tell him about what Rebekah had done, and she was right. He wanted to kill her. I told him it was okay, leaving out the part about my gift until now. "I want to show you something." I told him excited. He nodded. I extended my hand, palm facing the ceiling, placed between the both of us. I swirled my fingers around in a circles in it, cupping and curling my fingers, urging what I wanted to happen, and praying that it would and that I wouldn't embarrass myself. And the it appeared.
• It was a wolf. Mist and fog swarming around the little ice statue that looked as if it was howling at the moon. He jumped back surprised and snapped his eyes to mine. "How?" He asked a smile tugging at his lips. "It came to me in a dream. Your parents, suggested I try practicing. That's what I was doing this s'morning. That's what Rebekah was helping me with, why she said what she did. It was too get me mad enough so it would break free. We had an idea of what it was, so the hard part was already acomplish. Your mother said... she said I'm a 'Winter munipulator', or something. She just made up the name." I shrug and laugh with glee under my breath. "It's mainly element munipulation, but only winter-y things. Snow, frost, fog, mist, the cold." I rant to him all in a long breath. He picks me up slightly, pulling my right against his chest, the icy wolf shatters to the ground, but I ignore it. "You never cease to amaze me, Katerina." He tells me as my feet touch the ground again.
• I laugh un-easy. "I'm glad." He winks at me. "I have to go talk to Tamara, somethings come up. I'll tell you all about it later. I just wanted... to make sure you were still here." I tell him and peck his lips. "I'm always going to be here." He tells me. I nod quickly and smile kissing him again before walking out of the room and down the hall to Joel's. I knock and step back, waiting for Tamara to answer. She opens the door with red rimmed eyes and a tight smile. She ushers me in, I step in and slowly she closes the door behind me. I look around her room and she makes her way to the bed. I decide to take a seat on the bed beside her. We sit in silence for a while. "So...." I mumble awkwardly. "So." She mimics her voice flat. "How're you holding up?" I asked her, not wanting to get to the point too quickly but desperately wanting the silence to end. "I'm okay, I guess. I mean, it's not like Joel was my mate, but I did like him." She tells me, her eyebrows furrowing. I nod slowly and I hear her sigh. "The sudden realization didn't help." But she meets my eyes quickly before turning her head away. It's like she didn't mean to say it.