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eyes softened. I didn’t even want to know what was going through his head. He covered my hand with his own and put his other arm around me. I moved closer, welcoming his warmth. It was the closest we’d been in a long time. We sat in silence until Cato finished his puzzle. It didn’t take long.
    “Take a look.” He motioned us closer. Micah stood quickly, me a little more awkwardly, the sagging couch fighting against the growing weight of my stomach. Luckily, the men didn’t seem to notice. I joined them; all three of us leaned over Cato’s scribbling.
     Princess – Come find me where our dreams meet.
    “Does that mean anything to you?” Cato asked, studying me intently.
    “Maybe, I…I had a dream about him last night.” Micah tensed beside me. “It doesn’t happen often.”
    “Well,” Cato interrupted, “where were you in the dream?”
    His question gave me pause. I tried to think back to my dream but nothing came to mind beyond the fire. “I don’t know. We were … nowhere. I mean, there was nothing around us. “Is there anything in there about a lightning man?”
    “No,” Cato said, studying the letter again. “Why?”
    “Never mind. Just a thought.”
    “Fire?” Micah spoke up. I didn’t know if I had spoken my thoughts aloud or if he was reverting to an old, unwelcome habit of reading my mind.
    Cato didn’t give me time to address the issue, “That is most unhelpful, Kaitlyn.”
    I shrugged my shoulders and he grudgingly bent back over the letter, looking for more clues. Micah motioned toward the door and we started off, leaving Cato in peace.
    We hadn’t gotten far from the library when the quiet hallways erupted with Vayu’s excited voice, “A fire!”
    His words were chilling, and the wind that swirled around Vayu made me shiver. I immediately grabbed for Micah’s hand.
    Micah moved to stand in front of me, and asked Vayu, “What fire? Where?”
    I peeked around Micah’s shoulder and saw Vayu eyeing our posture. I detected a hint of jealousy in the look he sent my way. The wind picked up. Micah spoke up again, “Vayu – calm yourself! Get your element under control!”
    Vayu made a visible effort to relax and the wind died down abruptly. “Australia, in the Northern Territory. One of the largest brush fires they’ve ever seen – it’s being spread too rapidly by the winds to get it under control. I could help…we could help. We could be there by tonight.” Vayu had barely taken a breath while rushing to get everything out, and was now breathing hard, his lungs working to catch up.
    I squeezed Micah’s hand, moving to his side to look up at his face. “Do you think—?”
    “Yes,” he interrupted. “It’s too much of a coincidence not to be him. We’d better tell Cato.”
    The three of us turned back toward the office. Vayu, in all his excitement, reached the door first. Just as he began to pull it open it Micah slammed it shut again. “Make sure you’re under control.” Micah gave him a pointed look. His eyes slid to me. “We’re still reorganizing in there after the last windstorm.”
    Vayu smiled. “I appreciate the concern, sweetheart. But I’m okay now.”         
    Vayu attempted to open the door again. Micah, looking rather annoyed, held it closed. “Don’t call me sweetheart.”
    I could see a spark in Vayu’s eyes; the altercation was exciting him even more.
    Before he could respond I stepped in between the two. “Ok, guys. Break it up. Business first, quarrels later.” I pushed both of them back and opened the doors myself.
    Vayu was relaying the information to Cato before we could even reach him. By the time we got to him, Shawn’s letter sat discarded to the side, and he had produced a detailed map of Australia. “Where did you say the fire was?”
    Vayu answered, “In the Northern Territory. It’s covering some 2,000 square miles.”
    They all leaned over the map, and Vayu asked, “If this is Shawn’s doing, how does he expect