Chapter 35
Ciaran opened his eyes to see Gaia smiling at him. Liam, Gaia’s father, sat on the sofa opposite them. He said, “I’ve checked your vitals, and they’re all good.” Ciaran nodded in appreciation and sat up. He could see that all the trees in the outside garden were dead again. Gaia had drawn contaminated energy from him before and replaced it with energy from the plantation in the garden. The poor trees and flowers hadn’t had much time to regrow before she had taken their energy again.
“You will turn me into a vegetarian very soon, Gaia.” Ciaran smiled at the eight-year-old Eudaizian girl. He still couldn’t come to terms with the fact that Gaia was a conduit and could draw, convert, and transfer energy. She’d had this ability, and neither she nor her family had even known it.
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