I´m sorry I forgot to put this on here before but I´n NOT Joss Stirling and therefore I don´t (unfortunately) own Finding Sky or any of the other books in the trilogy. Hope you enjoy my story though! :D
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath trying to keep my balance in the middle of the room. I could feel the energy emanating from my curled up brother in the corner and from the man in front of me. His energy was too strong, it rolled off him in thick waves that had me choking on thin air.
"Come on my little Iris." He said with a fake sweetness dripping from his tone, I could see right through it and saw what he really was, a horrid rotten man. "You and your brother have to come with me." I could sense his mind infiltrating mine and put up shields higher than the empire state building and that were made of stainless steel that didn't even let him sneak a small peak into my innermost thoughts or fears.
Opening my eyes I found myself facing utter darkness, but this was no surprise really, I had been blind since birth and had long accepted the fact that I would never see the astonishing views my window had or amusement flashing through people's eyes as they held back a smile. I would never see somebody's laugh, only hear it, and I would never see people's emotions flashing across their faces. I would never see the ocean or a sunset but I was Ok with that because I could see something else; something better. Where the man was stood I could see a spiral of blue that seemed icy with hate and betrayal; he wasn't good, he was evil and his aura was enough to prove that.
"I'm afraid we're not coming." I said putting as much force behind my words as possible and felt the man stumble backwards in surprise. He had felt the conviction in them, the energy I was pushing with all my might and he could see the determination that was probably written across my features. A determination no ten year old girl should have. I knew I shouldn't have that glint that scared everyone away at such an early age but I had seen too much, if not with my eyes with my savant power. Which was much much worse.
I had seen the sickeningly white colour of my mother and father's murderer and felt my parent's fear as if it were my my own. I had seen my mother's despair and my father's determination to at least let us live even if they couldn't share that life with us. I could also see the murderer's satisfaction as the bullets sunk themselves into my father's flesh as he dived to protect my mum to then have her body fall after him anyway. But worse of all I saw my parent's energy drain from them, their aura turn blander and more emotionless as it faded. I saw my parent's disappear even before their bodies were buried six feet under in a coffin. I had seen too much too soon.
"Why ever not?" He asked feigning surprise even though his emotions said completely the opposite. He was furious that a ten year old would stand up to him and hated it; he did not like loosing control. I could see that he worked for my parent's murderer and wasn't happy to be taking orders but knew it was pointless not to obey until he had enough power to overthrow his boss. He had no reason to follow the words that were coming out of my unforgiving mouth and he was hating every second of it.
"Stay away from me and my brother." I told him not even bothered to follow his charade, it was his game and not mine so I wouldn't be following the rules either. I would be free styling my way to my brother's survival, even if I wouldn't be able to go with him my brother would stay safe. No matter what.
The man stood in front of me couldn't know this as he would know my weakness and I couldn't allow him to see the weak link in the armour that protected me and my brother like a body guard.
"But I'm just trying to help!" I snorted in disbelief at his comment as even a normal person could have seen the obvious lies behind his words.
"And I'm trying to save me and my brother, so get out of my living room." My teeth were gritted together and the words came out as a hiss that had him startled again. Stretching up to my whole 4 feet 5 inches I stared at where I thought his eyes roughly were and put the most threatening look I could muster and aimed it straight at him. "You're going to leave now and never come back." I had a calm-anger tone to my voice that had the man stumbling backwards and away from my voice in outright fear that he wasn't hiding any more.
"Who are you?" He asked tripping over words and trying to keep his voice steady.
"I'm Iris. The world's best Seer." With that I ripped his life force away and ran over to my brother to bundle him in my arms and run away from the house that I would never forget. Never.