Chapter 12
Coffee, Please
CalliyaBack to the Present
Panic drained my energy as I crashed across the forest floor. There was smoke everywhere. Heat, too. Even if my elements could have helped me battle the blaze, there was no way I had enough life-force available now to draw them to my aid. I was an empty well with a serious problem. The soil didn’t automatically level out for me. Tree roots and branches didn’t shift out of my way. The air burned my lungs with its sooty flavor. And still, the fire roared at my back, seeking to swallow my life.
This was the worst day ever.
I darted around an elm and smacked face first into one of its many branches before tripping over its roots and slamming into the ground. Guess I had spoken too soon. The ground here was hard and rocky, scraping my pa
