“Grandmother?” Taking a deep breath, I rested my hand on the elderly woman’s shoulder.
She didn’t turn to face me. Instead, she just stared out the window. The tightness in her shoulders relaxed the smallest amount when I called my element – Air.
Silently, I prayed for the element to release her tension. I hoped it would coax her into being honest with me.
I had taken a chance coming here. Being back in the home of my grandmother gave me an uneasy feeling. For the first six years of my life, I had been raised in this cold, lifeless mansion as Miles Drygen. It wasn’t until I went to live with the Stones, that I began to understand what family meant. I was immediately welcomed, and they made me feel at home.
At the Drygen Mansion, I’d been taught to only speak when spoken to. They emphas
