Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (50 page)

Sorono’s hazel eyes hardened into piercing daggers.
“We will fight!”

Connor’s
eyes moved
over
to
meet
pure silver.
“And the Changers?”

Mark grinned and hooked his fingers.
“Our claws are prepared!”

They
grinned at each other for a moment and then
resumed flying properly
.

Not long after
they
finally crossed
onto land
,
Mark asked
“Sorono, if they removed most of your bond with Veronica, how would you reestablish it?”

“That is easy, all that must be done is to give each othe
r energy at the same time to repair
our
bond’s
connection. Unfortunately it is sacrilege to do that to a person who is unwilling to
disrupt their
connection
their
mate. We give the option to only those who are going to prison.”
At the word, prison, something similar to hope flashed across his
scaly
features
and then it disappeared
.
“No one can ever
permanently
remove a bond unless a mate dies, but it is a help to those who were incarcerated because many go mad knowing exactly where there mate always is
,
and not be
ing able to go
near them.
It is the prisoner’s individual choice to give up the sense to feel their mate
’s location
, until the time of their release.
It
is both a punishment and a reprieve for them
.”

Twenty minutes later Connor
felt
his
bond with Sarah
easing and emotions swelling
.
“Hey guys, Sarah knows we are on our way because she is happy and excited. It also seems like they are all stationary because she isn’t moving towards us.”

“Indeed, I too feel Veronica’s joy rising. She and the others must be together or else she would already be flying here
to greet us
.”

Mark thought to himself, but
its meaning is
for, Kara.
“S
weet… I’m coming home, Sweetheart!
”

These past few days
Sarah
has
been half
-
sleeping at most or not sleep
ing at all. She’s
worried for the Elder’s
safety, but
for
her
husband’s most of all. The only ones not asking for a constant update
,
every hour or so
,
were
Jenny and her parents. Apparently they don’t need to constantly worry about their son or grandson. Kara had
temporarily
moved into the cottage
and slept on the couch. She poli
tely rejected
Sarah’s
offer to
share
the
bed. She said it would be
just
too weird, but
the living room sofa would do. Sarah
was afraid Veronica
would stay in the clearing of her
home
all the time
, but she didn’t. She had
repaired
her cabin out in the old training clearing so she and Shannon could rest in a suitable shelter.
Jillian and Jack
had been somewhat more relaxed than Kara or
Veronica, but more pushy than Sarah’s
in-laws.

Then there were Darrel and Pearl. The two of them were asking continually about their daddy. Pearl mainly wanted to know what he was f
ee
ling whereas her brother wante
d to know which direction and how far away he was
. Just before they were put to sleep
that first night
Sarah ha
d give
n
them a simple lecture on learning another language
, they learned Russian
fluently
. Darrel
grew
fascinated on how some languages speak
backwards from their
own. Pearl liked speaking the syntaxes as her mind tried to punctuate the words properly.
Their cuteness was only a mild distraction for the worried feeling in
her
gut.

Sarah
didn’t mind all the questions
from everyone
because they kept her
mind occupied and not begin to think of any
of the
horribl
e things that might happen to her
mate.
Every time she’d lay in bed, that
i
s where her
mind would
always
lead
to
and that
i
s the main reason it was difficult to get any
form of
sleep.

The day
her
mate and his best friend departed
she
’d continually felt where he was heading. He had went to South America and the further away he went the more minuscule his movements seemed to make.
D
uring the early morning hours he had changed course and went to the left
,
a little bit and then he stayed in one general spot. Veronica had explained that he must have found the clearin
g that she had. She even sent Sarah
a mental image
s
of what she had found
for clarification
.

In the early afternoon
she
’d felt Connor’s emotions change to jo
yous. She
’d explained everything as everyone came over to
her home to listen for an update. She then felt her
husband’s bond
b
egin to move
westward
. When Veronica heard this
,
she wanted to depart and find
her
mate immediately. Everyone had
Sarah’s
back when
she
told
Veronica
how much of a bad idea that
would be
. She didn’t listen to any of them
until
Shannon told her mother that she should trust Connor like she trusts her mate. Those
logical
words finally placated the worried giant.

When Connor stopped for a short time and then moved again
,
Sarah somehow
snuck away
from everyone
for a moment.
She
had entered his
private
workshop and searched around until finally
locating
a map
in a drawer
.
She judged where he was by her
bond and mentally calculated where he would generally be on the map. Somehow he
traveled into
the Pacific Ocean, but there wasn’t anything
land based and
definitive on the map. With nothing
concrete
to tell the others,
she
returned to the circle outside
her
home.

He had stayed put for several hours and moved for a few more. Everyone had gone home to get some rest for the night. Since Kara had taken up residence in
the cottage
Sarah
confided in her when something had changed.
His emotions were mild and fluctuating. That all changed when Connor’s emotions turned to a sickening horror and anger.
Kara listened and patted her
thigh saying that whatever
happened
‘
Brother can
always
deal with
anything that’s thrown at him
.
’
Her calm silver
y
eyes fortified her sister-in-law’s
emotional climate.
Sarah
hope
d
that Connor could feel
her emotional
warmth that would help him get through this. Later on
,
his emotions calmed again and then began calculating.

E
veryone stayed the entire night
on the next day
when
Sarah
felt something big happening within
her
mate
’s emotions
.
She
’d already put both of
the
children to sleep
for the night
and focused on how he
fe
l
t
at any given moment, without much distraction
. For quite awhile
,
she
’d ke
e
p
her
eyes closed and tried
her
best to describe what
she
’d felt
to the others
. It was
her f
ather who
explained that
he
understood what it was that she
’d felt
from Connor
. His voice
took on a
calm and almost reassuring
tone
. “Sarah, what
you’re feeling from Connor is the
preparation to take a
nother’s
life. It will be quick, but tell me when his rage spi
kes for a single second.” When she
’d felt it
,
Jack
’s Azure eyes locked on
hers
and stated “It is over. Connor won that fight.”
He’
d been right
, like usual when a fight is involved
.

For the next hour Connor forc
ed
himself to keep calm
and focused on some kind of task
. Then he
became
furious for the next five seconds. Not long after
,
his emotions were replaced with
shocked
relief.

A minute or so later
,
Veronica’s head jerked straight up. She stated
“It is Sorono. He’s awake and extremely weak and hungry
…
hold on
… Now he’s happy?”
Her scaly brow drew together
in the firelight
.

Sarah
felt
her own
bond and grinned up to her.
“Veronica, Connor is relieved too. Can you guess what that means?”

Veronica’s
large golden eyes found
hers
and they slowly began to widen in hope.
“Does that mean…?”

Kara jumped up by
their
side and grinned. “Has Brother and Mark…?”

Sarah
nodded vigorously.

Veronica threw her head back and r
oared
out
in pure joy and happiness. The nighttime
animal
sounds silenced from her
cry of relief.
Shannon also did her best to roar like her mother. The rest of
them were shouting in
bliss
and hugging on
e another. Nothing could calm them
to go home and go to sleep. Thanks to all the noise
,
both of the
children
had been woken up. Kara and Sarah
retrieved them and told them the good news. Darrel smiled brightly
and giggled
without a single tooth and mentally shouted for all to hear
“I knew you could do it Daddy!”
His shout sent out another joyous emoti
on throughout the entire group.

Pearl
simply
began shedding tears of joy.

About an hour later
,
Sarah
announced to everyone when
she’d felt the bond between her
and
her
mate coming closer. “They Are Coming Home!”

There wasn’t a single thing that could dampen
their
spirits.

Just as the first signs of sunlight starting overtaking
the
dark
Minnesota
night
,
Sarah
announced
with Pearl in
her
arms
. “Everyone,” They all turned to
her
and
her
smile grew. “I can feel that they will be home in a f
ew minutes. Wait here for us.” She
made eye contact with Veronica and Kara. “Would you two like to come with me and meet up with our men?”