Chapter FifteenAfter planning another before dawn session of training with Rhea, we separated off to walk back to the academy alone. I was already feeling low on energy and more than a little beaten up, but as I walked over the long grass field back to the stile behind the temple, I paused for a moment and closed my eyes. So much had happened over the last few days that I hadn’t been able to just take a moment for myself.
In that field, I held out my hands to brush my fingertips over the grass stems that reached just above my knee and sucked in a deep breath.
Feeling the stems tickle between my fingers, I tried my hardest to empty my mind of everything stressing me out and instead turned my focus to the elements.
Earth, please ground me, I thought, concentrating on the way my feet felt
