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  Why is she asking who you are? Did you do something, Teddy? Mike sounds confused and the other guys are staring at her in confusion.

  The guys must have heard her too. I didn’t do anything, but I think she’s talking to someone in her mind.

  “Dad?” she gasps.

  We all tense up and go on alert immediately. She must have seen something we didn’t, but weirdly her powers are finally calming down.

  Her eyes clear, and she looks at us smiling the biggest smile I think we’ve ever seen. It so full of light and happiness that it makes you want to smile too.

  “Don’t worry, guys, my dad will be here in a couple of days and then he will explain everything.”

  Chapter 15

  Evie

  I’m losing control and nothing is helping when a voice speaks in my head, Evelyn I need you to calm down. I know it’s hard, but I need you to look into yourself and find the light inside you, it will bring your powers back under control.

  I thought at first it was one of the guys but realised that it sounded different. “Who are you?”

  I wait for an answer but nothing happens, so I concentrate on the light inside of me, hoping the voice is right. I don’t think I have a light when I notice a faint glow and follow it. The light is roughly where I would consider my heart to be.

  The moment I reach out and touch it, I feel like I’ve found my home. There’s no other way to describe the love I feel within the light. Very good, Evelyn. I knew you could do it.

  Who is this dude?! Ok, I know you’re not one of my guys so who the hell are you, and why are you in my head?! I’m starting to get frustrated again.

  Evelyn, I am your real Father. “Dad?” How do I know it’s really you? You could be some creep tapping into my mind. Everything in me is saying he’s telling the truth but if I learnt anything today, it’s that I can’t trust everyone.

  Only your real family or your bonded can communicate within your mind. Huh, I’ll have to double check one that with the guys.

  I thought you were dead. I only just found out you were alive. Where are you? Why did you leave me? I can’t believe I am getting a chance to talk to my real father.

  I didn’t leave you voluntarily Evelyn, I had no choice. I’ll answer all your questions soon, darling. I’m on my way and I’ll never leave you again. Until then, I need you to stay safe. I love you.

  Teddy

  Our poor, sweet girl has had so much to deal with and we still haven’t discussed all of it yet. She has learnt her father is alive and coming to see her after thinking he was dead.

  “So, he’s definitely my father then? He said only family or bonded could communicate via mind but I wasn’t sure.”

  “Yeah Evie, elementals can communicate with their siblings, parents and bonded. Some elementals if they are powerful enough can communicate with anyone. All of us can communicate with others if we need to,” I tell her.

  She nods before walking to the living room.

  “I’ll check on her. And I’ve been thinking since Evie didn’t celebrate her birthday last night, maybe we should do something tonight to celebrate it with her,” Mike says to us before following her out of the room.

  I turn to Ky and Dane “So, what do you think? Do you really think it’s her father? I mean it’s a very limited number of people that could contact her otherwise and he knew how to calm her down. Speaking of does anyone know why he told her to find a light inside?”

  When she told us how he calmed her down, we were shocked. We’ve never heard of looking for a light inside to calm new elementals. Especially when she said it felt like home.

  The way we usually calm down elementals is by getting them to focus on special memories to ground them but we would never risk it with Evie because of her history.

  “I think it was her father, but I think Evie is more special than we realized. Do you remember when her powers released, and a light seemed to glow from within her? What if that was the light her father was talking about? When her father gets here, we’ll find out for sure, but until then we need to help her keep calm,” Dane is always the smart one when it comes to these decisions.

  “Ok let’s go grab Evie’s stuff and take it up to her room so it’s there when she’s ready,” Ky says as we head outside.

  “So, what should we do for her birthday? I would like to buy her a present, but I don’t think she’d be too happy with that.”

  “I had planned to bake her a cake and see if she wants her favourite food for dinner. I’ll ask her once we finish putting her stuff in the guest room.”

  “Yeah, sounds good, Dane. I want her to be happy here,” I say. We’re already happier with Evie in our home and I want her to feel like this is her home too.

  Evie

  Wow. After telling the guys my dad is coming to explain everything I walk back to the comfort of the couch and just snuggle up under the blankets.

  I’m so tired and overwhelmed. I’m happy to know my dad is alive and coming to see me, but what if it’s too good to be true? For a millisecond, I doubted it was even my dad but my instincts say it was. I’ve learnt that my instincts are usually right. And why was he never in my life? If he could talk in my head, why did he never try before now?

  I hear someone come in the room before Mike sits down next to me. He pulls me into his arms and I lean my head on his chest, because right now I want the comfort while I think about everything.

  “Where are the rest of guys?” I ask him while cuddling into his chest.

  “They’re grabbing the rest of your stuff and taking it up to your room for you. We didn’t want you to have to worry about that too. They’ll leave the unpacking for you, unless you want us to help?”

  “Thank you, but I’ll unpack later. I just want to stay here for a while.” I can’t help but enjoy the feel of Mike’s arms around me.

  I’m not sure how long we’ve been sitting here before Dane comes in “So Evie, I was thinking since we didn’t get to celebrate your birthday because of everything that happened how about tonight I make you your favourite dinner and we have a little celebration? After all you don’t turn 18 every day.”

  I don’t know what to say, no one has ever been so sweet to me. I can’t believe Dane would do that and that the other guys want to. My parents didn’t even acknowledge my birthday anymore.

  “What’s your favourite food, Evie?” Dane is grinning at me while I snuggle in Mike’s arms.

  “Pizza. My parents made me cook everything, so when they would go out of town I would order pizza so I wouldn’t have to cook it,” I tell him.

  “Ok, pizza it is but I’ll make it, not order it,” he heads back towards the door, “Oh and, Evie, the whole celebration idea tonight was Mike’s idea. He told us before he came in here."

  Then he leaves the room while I turn and face Mike. “I can’t believe you would do that for me. Thank you.” I lean up and kiss his cheek. When I lean back he has a slight blush on his cheeks, but he’s looking at me with desire in his eyes. No one has ever looked at me like that except the other guys. I’ve kissed Teddy and Dane and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious about what Mike’s kiss felt like. I want to kiss him, so I lean up and press my lips against his.

  For a second he doesn’t respond, but when he does, it’s so full of heat that I can’t help but respond. I hear him groan before he slides his hand from my hip until he reaches the side of my face while his other hand remains grasping my hip.

  It’s hard to sit in this position, so I lean back on the couch and grab his shirt dragging him with me. He perches over my body sliding his hands up and down my sides. When he caresses the side of my breasts, I gasp and arch into him. I’ve never wanted to be touched so bad. We stop and look into each other’s eyes before we reach for each other with urgency. He’s touching me but I need more.

  I push him up and take off my shirt before pulling him back to me. God this feels amazing! I seriously can’t believe I haven’t explored sex before. I was missi
ng out.

  I feel Mike’s hands run down over my bra going lower and lower until he’s at the top of my jeans. Breaking the kiss, Mike looks down at me for permission and I nod so he knows I understand what he wants. He slowly undoes the button of my jeans before kissing me again. Sliding his hand in over the top of my panties he brushes against my clit and causes me to jolt. He’s slowly, gently running his fingers up and down over my clit before circling it. Moving my panties to the side he touches against my skin and takes his time exploring me before speeding up.

  Faster and faster he rubs over my clit almost coming close to my entrance, but never quite touching it. I can feel something building inside me and my legs are starting to shake.

  At first I panic thinking it’s my powers but Mike pulls back “Come on, baby, cum for me,” and then I’m falling apart.

  When I come back to myself he’s smiling down at me and he kisses me again.

  “Wow!” I actually jump and head-butt Mike. We were so absorbed in each other that we didn’t hear the rest of the guys come in the room. They’re all standing in the doorway and it’s clear they all saw what just happened.

  Mike

  I heard the guys just before they came in, but I didn’t want to leave Evie on the edge of her very first orgasm, that would be cruel. I felt her come apart under me and damn if it didn’t make me want more.

  “Wow!” Of course, they don’t pretend nothing happened.

  My head has a slight throbbing to it and I see Evie rubbing her own, in pain. Damn them, now she’s going to have another bruise after just healing her.

  I think that might have been her first orgasm. Don’t make a big deal out of it or she may feel too embarrassed to let anyone but Mike touch her. Dane is pushing his voice at us but he didn’t need to tell me. I can feel her nerves already.

  Maybe we should talk to her about it? It might reassure her if she understands what happens with the bond between more than two of us. I think if she knew we weren’t jealous she wouldn’t be as worried. We all decide to tell her and hope she is ok with it.

  Evie

  I just had my first orgasm, and they all witnessed it. I sit up and rush to put my shirt back on and do my jeans back up. I ignore the pain in my head and hope it won’t bruise, but knowing my luck it will.

  Kylan, Dane, and Teddy saw what Mike was doing to make me climax. And I think I liked it. I’m so embarrassed they saw us, but at the same time a part of me is thrilled that my first orgasm was with all of them.

  I’m so lost in my head that it takes Dane saying my name a few times before I realize they were trying to talk to me.

  “Sorry what?” I look up to see him and the others smiling at me. I guess I missed something.

  “I said can we talk to you about the bonds? We would like to discuss some stuff after what just happened.”

  Oh god. This is going to be embarrassing. “Ok, I guess.” I figure it’s better if we discuss it now so we have it all out in the open. I wait for the guys to begin because obviously, they have something particular they want to talk about.

  Dane ends up talking first which I’m glad about because he seems to simplify things for me, “Evie, what do you understand about the bonds?” I don’t get why he’s going back to the bonds but I answer him.

  “Well, you guys basically said I can feel the bond with multiple people and that I would need to choose who to form the bond with.”

  “Actually, we never said you have to choose. We said you can form bonds with multiple people and that also means you can complete bonds with multiple people.”

  Is he saying that I could bond with all of them? “What do you mean? Does this mean I could form a completed bond with all of you?” I like all the guys, but I’ve been troubled thinking about tearing them apart.

  “Yes, that’s what I’m saying. We wanted to discuss this with you because we didn’t think you understood exactly what we meant the first time we explained the bonds to you, and, to be fair, I don’t blame you. I imagine you were feeling quite overwhelmed and nothing really got through, but we wanted to be clear with our intentions,” Dane glances to each of the guys when he speaks.

  He’s right though, I haven’t had a chance to think through everything because I pushed it to the back of mind.

  “What happened with Mike before, none of us are jealous of that. The stuff that happened between us, and the stuff that happened between you and Teddy, didn’t make us jealous. When I saw you with Teddy, I was happy because it meant you were making my friend happy, and seeing you with Mike just now, well, it made us want to join in and touch you too. The only thing that stopped us was the fact we know how inexperienced you are and you deserve to be cherished not ravished.”

  I don’t know if I’m breathing right now. All the guys want me? It feels too good to be true but I want all the guys, not just one.

  “To be honest, Dane, it feels a little too good to be true, I mean I’ve been so conflicted because I want all of you and not just one of you, and now you’re telling me it’s possible? What about if one of you were to walk in on me like what happened with Teddy? I know you were ok with it, but what about Mike and Kylan? What happens if one of the others had walked in on us? It just seems so complicated and impossible to avoid hurting someone.” I feel stupid for poking holes, but I need to know if it’s possible because I won’t hurt their friendship. I’d rather find another potential elemental to bond with, then have the guys hate me for our bond.

  “Evie, what Dane is trying to say, is that it doesn’t make us jealous to see you with the others. If anything, it turns us on. Sorry to be blunt, but it does. We were raised knowing the possibility of more than one person being with your bonded was very high. The thing is, we’re lucky to have found someone like you and all have bonds to you. Most people that have bonds together are strangers and have to work hard on the bond which is why it’s rare for more than two people in the bond. Kylan, Dane, Mike, and I have grown up together and we’re best friends. We all love each other already so it only adds one person to our group but for you, you will be adding all of us,” Teddy looks at all the guys before looking back at me.

  “We want you, Evie, but we won’t push it. We don’t want to jeopardize the bond which is why we are trying to take it slow.” Mike is holding me against his chest while he talks.

  Mostly I’m relieved but there is a small part of me that’s disappointed. At least they’re willing to go slow but honestly is that what I want? Being around them, I feel as if I’ll never be alone again.

  “There is still something else we haven’t discussed regarding the bonds. So, we already told you about how as our bonds get closer we feel more things like emotions and thoughts. It is highly likely that with how powerful you are, you’ll also be able to feel the pain of your bonded. It may be a physical pain, or you just intuitively know your bonded is hurt. The same would be true of Teddy, Kylan, Mike, and I, we would feel you in pain or know of it. The reason we want you to be careful about who you bond with is that when you bond you will share powers with your bonded. For you that isn’t such a big deal because you have every element and are already powerful. However, it isn’t uncommon for low powered elementals to try to bond with high powered elementals just to become more powerful. If you choose not to bond with any of us and choose someone else, we want you to be sure,” Dane says looking serious.

  “So, what does this mean for you guys if we bond? If I have all the elements does that mean each of you will too?”

  “Basically yes. We should be able to access all your elements but I’m not sure. It’s never been possible for someone to have more than two powers so we just don’t know.” Well, that isn’t too reassuring.

  I guess I will add it to the list of things I discuss with my father.

  “Guys, I’m hungry, tired and overwhelmed. We have school tomorrow, so can we shelve this topic until we have the weekend to go through it all?”

  Dane gets up and walks to me, holding his hand out for
me to take “Let’s go eat pizza.”

  Chapter 16

  Dane

  We’re all sitting at the table finishing off the pizzas I made when Evie speaks.

  “Hey, guys, before I go to bed, would you mind if we go outside and try some of my powers? I know we’ll do it tomorrow, but I just want to see if I can.”

  All the guys look excited at the idea. “Ok, we’ll try but if it gets too much for you, just let us know and we’ll try again tomorrow.”

  “Ok.” I can feel her excitement and she looks like she is trying not to bounce up and down.

  Ky, Teddy, and Mike all head outside with Evie following them like an excited puppy. I smile watching her laughing with them about using her powers. I’m so glad that she’s accepting us and her powers easily and not fighting it.

  Evie

  “Ok, Evie, we’re going to work with Air and Water elements tonight because they’re easier to handle than Fire and Earth. Plus, they’re less likely to do any harm.”

  I am about to agree when Kylan bursts into laughter next to me.

  “What’s so funny?” I’m looking at him waiting for an answer, when I hear Dane and Teddy start laughing too.

  I start to get irritated when Mike says, “Shut up all of you. Not a word.”

  Kylan laughs harder before turning to me and controlling himself enough to say “We’re laughing because Mike saying Air is easier to control is funny, seeing as the first time he tested his full powers he somehow formed a tornado around himself. When he finally got control of his powers enough to get rid of the tornado, he was still standing there. Naked. His own tornado whipped all his clothes off,” and with that they are all laughing again.

  I look up at Mike and try not to laugh when Mike points a finger at me, “Don’t.”