Callan didn’t look at all relieved as he stared nervously at me.I wouldn’t kill him… yet.But if he didn’t watch it, I’d gladly kick him back to that town.
“So, the treesdoprotect you,” Ellery said to the gargoyles.
“We are one with the woods,” the gargoyles said.
“So am I,” Ellery whispered.“Why would the trees bring lightning bearers here?”
“You can bring us the stone,” the third gargoyle said.“Only lightning bearers can handle it.”
“So, a lightning bearer stole it from you,” I said.
The gargoyles’ hesitation before they responded told me they harbored anger about this.“Yes,” they replied together.
“How did you sense she harbors all five weathers?”Tucker asked.
“We’re all connected and a part of the land, amsirah and gargoyles alike.We lived in harmony until the amsirah betrayed us.We’ve been here ever since.”
“You really hate us then,” Ianto said.
The gargoyles didn’t respond, but we all knew the answer.
“Whydoes she possess all five weathers?”I asked.
“Why do the realms exist?”the third gargoyle inquired.
“I don’t know.”
“Exactly.There are infinite mysteries throughout life that will never have answers, but some things happen for a reason.”
“What reason could there possibly be for me?”Ellery asked.
“There could be thousands of reasons or only one.There could even be none.Perhaps you’ll discover those reasons, and perhaps you won’t.”
“Has there ever been another amsirah like her?”I asked.
“Noother has ever wielded all five weathers.”
“Has there ever been another female lightning bearer?”Tucker inquired.
“No.”
The patter of rain and the howl of the wind filled the hush until Scarlet spoke again.“A lightning bearer can return the Heart of Stone to you.”
“Yes,” the third replied.
“Why only them?”
“Because hearts require an electrical system to function, and that stone is their heart,” Ellery answered before the gargoyles could.“Only a lightning bearer wouldn’t be electrocuted by it.”
I now understood Ellery’s and my reaction to that thing.If it was electrical, we’d be drawn to it, and if it heightened our powers, then things could get pretty intense between me and Ellery when our lightning combined.
When Ellery looked at me, I saw the same understanding dawning in her eyes.Not only was that stone a part of those gargoyles, but it was also a part of lightning bearers.
“And a lightning bearer will feel more effects from it than anyone else,” I said.
“Yes,” the third said.
The others all looked confused, but Scarlet stared at the two of us with her mouth parted.I was sure Ellery had told her at least some of what happened in the tower.
