Paige
I clamped my teeth together as ghostly hands prodded my face, my body as though seeking a way inside my soul. Soon, I would have to inhale. Soon, these lost spirits would be able to remove my soul and possess me. Then I would really be dead. Lost in this river like the rest of them for all eternity.
Why had I come here by myself? Who was I to think I was anyone special and rescue Dion alone? Hell, I'd only received one elemental magic: earth. And that had been gifted to me from Dion. The element of wind and sky terrified me just as it had the day I found out my parents had crashed.
I choked as my lungs burned, forcing the little bit of air I had left out. Fingers prodded my mouth. Prying it open. No! I wasn't ready to die!
Biting down, I ground my back teeth against the impulse t
