Despairing Tides (Fate's Intent Book 12) Read Online Free

know?”
    “Don’t think of it as dead.” Ruby said. “They’re living other lives now just not with us anymore. Deep down we’ve always known our parting wouldn’t be permanent. Just the thought of not having them here anymore is the part of us that mourns.”
    Zayden smiled and nodded. “Thoughtfully said.”
    “Thank you. I thought so.”
    There was another one of those pauses where no one knew what else to say through this wait but Dirk spoke up with a smile. “I’m sorry, I just have to break this silence and laugh.”
    He started to laugh and Bryce looked over at him. “What the fuck is so funny?”
    “All this time I’ve thought of what it would be like to run into someone that turned out to be my sibling but instead of me, it’s you!”
    “It’s totally different.” Bryce said as he looked across the table at his parents. “They all knew and kept if from me.”
    Jaylyn sighed. “Bryce. That wasn’t our intention. We haven’t mentioned her since you were a baby. We were truly convinced that this was never going to happen again.”
    “So, everything was completely fine as long as I wasn’t going to find out?”
    “Don’t use that tone on your mother.” Troy cut in. “We’ve already talked about this.”
    Bryce just sighed and looked away. Arguing it was pointless and he knew it.
    Kole soon reappeared and Jaylyn perked right up, anxious to know the decision. “Well?”
    “Well, first of all you’re lucky that your father is head of the league. Most of them didn’t like the idea about bringing her here but he thinks it might be good for both of you.”
    “She’s coming?!”
    “They all are but I have to warn you. Ellie isn’t going to be how you remember, Jay.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Well, we discovered something she can do a couple of years after you last saw her. Her power is greater than everyone’s and she is the only one ever to be able to age herself beyond the age when she died.”
    Jaylyn started to get tears in her eyes. It just became sad again. “What? She’s dead and I still missed everything?” Kole laughed to himself. “Why do you find that so funny?”
    “The way she grew wasn’t normal. She’s a very unique case in our world. Her mind continues to develop as if she were still living. In six years’ time, her mind was of that of an adult. Talk about wanting to grow up quickly, she could even make herself look like one when she would have only been ten in this world and even though she can, she won’t make herself older than me. That would just be weird.”
    “So what should I expect?”
    “You should expect to see a younger you. She’s tested out all of the ages and the one she chose to stay with is twenty. It makes her not feel like a child and helps her fit in a little better when mostly everyone stays in their twenties.”
    “Okay, so I have a question.” Seth said. Kole turned to him and got ready to answer. “If she’s so powerful, more so than everyone else and she can take out armies by herself, why does she need to be protected?”
    Kole laughed like the thought was amusing. “It could take one a lifetime to try and understand the ways of our world and they won’t exceed to know but the basics. Ellie maybe the greatest of us but she could never be caught alone. The Dark Ones have ways of meddling with a single soul to get them to do their will. As long as the elders are with her, that will never happen. The Dark Ones haven’t even laid eyes on her since the time she arrived. They still seek a child because they don’t know the extent that Ellie is capable of.”
    Kole turned his head to the other side of the dining hall.
    “Kole?” Jaylyn wondered.
    He got a smile on his face. “They’re here. You ready?”
    “Of course I’m ready.”
    “As for the rest of you, Ellie will be the only one you see. The elders have chosen not to reveal themselves for their own reasons but they will be present.” Everyone nodded as Kole turned and