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energy he felt moving through the air, the sight of the other elemental’s eyes clouding over with confusion momentarily. Even if she couldn’t actually control the wind, the extra potion seemed to be giving Aira the ability to overcome the poison enough to exercise her ability to compel and persuade. The woman shrugged.
    “Fine, you want to see him before you kill him, that’s your business,” she said. “Room 316.” Aira turned away from the desk and looked up at a roughly written directory posted on a wall. She started off down a hall and Dylan noticed that she was walking more slowly, though she was holding herself upright and proud. He shook his head in doubt as he followed her and Aiden came up behind him. He was anxious for the woman he had come to care about as the closest of his friends, as a member of his family; instead of being worried about the dissolution of her ability, however, he was now worried that she would push through the poison to her own detriment. He had no idea what would happen if she succeeded in that, but he didn’t think it would be good.

 
     

    C HAPTER 4
     
    THE ROOM THAT ALEX WAS being held in had been sealed around the outside with crystals that would suppress his abilities. The difficulty in that was that the same crystals making it impossible for Alex to escape also made it impossible for Aira to use even the little bit of her ability that the potion allowed her to access. She felt the low hum of earth-aligned elements in the walls around them as they approached the door and she knew she would have to be very, very careful not to touch any of the surfaces. It would be bad enough being inside of the room, but her energies would be further weakened and her abilities further suppressed, by exposure to more earth-aligned materials. Aira gestured for Dylan to take the lead as anger at the prospect of confronting Alex rose within her; if it weren’t for the poison he’d dosed her with before her verdict, Aira would have gladly killed him right at the moment the elders had decreed that it was her job to do so. 
    Dylan opened the door and Aira saw Alex. The look on his face was much like the attitude he’d had while being held on the couch in her apartment. He was lying on his back on a small bed, propped up slightly with pillows, holding a book. The shackles on his wrists weren’t iron as they had been before, but another metal Aira couldn’t quite identify, studded with rough jade and emeralds all around. Alex looked up from his book.
    “Oh, so nice to see you, Dylan,” he said calmly. Aiden stepped into the room and Aira followed him. “Less nice to see you, Aiden.” When his gaze fell on Aira, Alex’s eyes widened. She was standing as firmly and as strongly as she could, holding the fatigue and weakness in her body at bay with force of will. “I should have expected you—but I rather thought you’d be carried in.” 
    Aira shook her head. “Nope. I’m fully capable of getting around, thanks for asking.” She put her hands on her hips and stared him down for a long moment. “We’ve got some questions for you, Alex. You’ll probably find that it’s a better idea to answer them than not.” 
    Alex shrugged. “When have I ever lied to you?” he asked her. 
    Aira’s eyes widened in angry surprise at the comment. 
    “You asshole! Stand up, right now.” She pushed out with every bit of her mind, in spite of the poison in her body and the influence of the earth-aligned materials surrounding her. She felt a sharp stab of pain through the front of her skull and all the way to the base of her neck as she flung the compulsion at him angrily, her body burning with rage. 
    After only a moment’s hesitation, Alex was shuffling to his feet, startled at his own sudden compliance to her command. He looked at her as he came out of compulsion, stooped and bent slightly from the effect of the earth-aligned materials binding his wrists and ankles. “You shouldn’t be able