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to stop talking, not because
he was angry with her but because he knew she was right. Whatever
they felt for one another transcended simple puppy love or physical
attraction.
    His eyes finally adjusted to the gloom of
the abandoned house and he could see her puffy eyes and streaks of
tears that had been traced down her face. The woman he was staring
at might be a liar but she wasn’t a killer.
    With a wave of his hand, he dismissed the
air bubble.
    Sammy stared at him in surprise but he spoke
before she could say anything else that would hurt him.
    “ Just explain to me why?
Why did you have to do this?”
    She stared at him as though he had asked her
a trick question. When she realized he was serious, she tried to
stammer through an answer.
    “ It’s the cycle of the
elements. Earth gives way to the sea, the sea bows to the wind, the
wind feeds the flame, and the flame burns the world of man down to
the earth.”
    Xander stared at her sternly. “You’re not
making any sense.”
    “ The time of the Wind Caste
is coming to an end. It’s the time for the Fire Caste to take
over.”
    “ You’re not making any
sense!”
    “ You’re a Wind Warrior!”
she cried.
    He shook his head. A part of his gut twisted
as his mind began theorizing about the truth.
    “ What’s a Wind Warrior?
What’s the Wind Caste?”
    Sammy staggered in surprise. “You really
don’t know, do you? This wasn’t all just an act. You really have no
idea.” Her hand flew to her mouth as she stifled another cry. “Oh
my God, I almost killed you and you don’t even know the truth.”
    “ Please, Sammy. No more
games. Tell me the truth.”
    “ You’re a Wind Warrior,
Xander. You can control the wind like a weapon. Your kind has
protected the Earth for thousands of years but your time is coming
to an end. It’s time for the Fire Caste to take over.”
    “ How…” he began, before
choking back the question. He cleared his throat before continuing.
“How does someone become a Wind Warrior?”
    Sammy looked devastated as she told him the
truth. “It’s passed down through your family. Someone in your
family had to be of the Wind Caste.”
    All the cryptic conversations between his
father and grandfather came pouring through his mind. He stripped
away every conversation he could remember, trying to put it into
the context of what he had just been told. He felt his anger
returning but not directed at Sammy.
    “ Go,” he said, motioning
toward the door.
    “ What?”
    “ Go. Run, before I change
my mind.”
    Sammy didn’t need a second invitation. She
skirted well clear of Xander as she rushed to the door. He heard
her footsteps pull up short of the doorway.
    “ You weren’t like they said
you’d be,” she said. “They said you’d be evil—an oppressor who
would stop at nothing to keep us from claiming our right to reign.
You’re a good man, Xander.”
    Xander refused to reply and kept his back to
her, though her words burned him deeper than her fire ever could
have.
    “ I have to warn you before
I go,” she said, the strength returning to her voice. “I didn’t
come alone. If you have any other Wind Warriors in your family,
their lives are in danger. You need to go warn them.”
    Xander nodded without turning to face
her.
    She took another step but stopped and turned
toward him again. “You wouldn’t really have sucked all the air out
of the bubble, would you?”
    When he didn’t reply, she turned sadly,
walked down the stairs, and out of the house.
    He waited until he was sure she was gone
before he whispered into the room, “No, I wouldn’t have.”
    His anger was reignited when he thought
about his family and the lies they’d told him. He wasn’t entirely
sure he could make the same promise to them.

 
    The car idled in the driveway as Xander
leaned back against the driver’s seat. He lifted his head and
stared at his parent’s house. The lights in both the living room
and dining room were on and he assumed they