They'd abandoned her. The other children had banded together to leave, and they'd left her. She'd expected this from Ethan and Alyssa. Alyssa had twisted his mind

Stupid Alyssa. she'd ruined everything. There were supposed to be four. Edwin, their leader, the great scientist that he was had told her this Water, Earth, Fire, Wind. Why couldn't Alyssa just go along with what Edwin had always told them. They had a greater purpose, why couldn't she see that?

Taryn rushed to go find Ivan. He'd know what to do. He was the rational one. He was the one who could keep her sane when she spiraled. He cared about her more than anyone in the world. The boy who was her rock.

He was the water elemental.

She threw open the door to his room, and crumpled to the ground. He was gone. Alyssa had twisted him too, and taken the one person Taryn cared about. The ground begaan to tremble, and Taryn let out a scream, releasing all the emotions she couldn't control. Power washed over her, and the ground split apart.

When Edwin found her, she was crumpled on the floor, sobbing. He smiled. "Taryn," he breathed looking at the chasm before her. Around them fissures spread throughout the room.

"You might be even more powerful than we ever imagined."