A Home Like Ours by Fiona Lowe (feel good books .txt) 📕

“What do you want?” he finally says, after brushing the dirt off himself.

“Oh, that’s easy,” I tell him with a grin. “We are going to go rescue those Elves you fuckers took, and you are going to take me to them, as I am pretty sure you know exactly where they are if you were made to wait here before returning to them,” I tell him with a predatory grin.

Chapter Thirty-Six

We finally catch up to the slavers and the Elves. Mig was very reticent about telling me anything, but after being paralyzed a couple of times when he tried to run away, he got the message. I still wish the collar had a shocking ability. That would get him to talk, as pain always works, and I wasn’t about to resort to torture. Yet.

We are about five minutes behind the larger group, hiding in a small patch of bushes. The sun is still up in the sky, and Leeha said we have about four hours of light before it gets dark. While I would love to attack them in the dark, I don’t think I am good enough to only hit the humans and not accidentally hurt or kill an Elf. So that is out. Also, while we will have the element of surprise, it’s still three on five. Man, movies and books make this sound so fucking easy. Go in there and blast away.

Leeha had an idea, though. She figured the running in and attacking them part might work if we had all our guns out, so to speak. Meaning, if I have all my thirty-six Fire Bullets out and ready, as the bullets seem to do more damage than the arrows. And she will have all four of her Water Bullets that she is able to call up. Her power has increased, as before she met me she could only do two Water Arrows max.

Mig is sitting on a stump of a log, but he is being quiet. He has little choice, as I had paralyzed him earlier. He tried twice to shout and warn his friends, but both times he failed. Now when we move, Bridget will pick him up and carry him. It surprised me the first time she did it, as I had been staring down at him, wondering out loud how I would get him to move without having him shout. It did let me test the limits of the paralyze ability in the collar. He can breathe, blink, and swallow. But that is it. Nothing else. Once he is paralyzed, he stays in that position. Even if we try to move his limbs, they won’t move.

Honestly, I would have just blown his fucking head off, but Leeha said he might be useful for information after. Even now, he is glaring at me. Too bad. You killed more than the five I am about to kill, you fucker. I counted well over twenty dead Elves back there.

“Ready?” Leeha asks me quietly.

I nod to her and say, “I think so.”

“You got this,” Bridget says reassuringly, hugging me around the waist. “You call up the spells, and I will aim them.”

Leeha comes up on my other side, her arms sliding around me, and she looks up at me. “Thank you for doing this. You don’t even know these Elves, yet you are going out of your way to chase the slavers.”

Looking at her beautiful Elven face, with her blond hair framing her delicate features, I can’t but help bend down and kiss her on the lips. “Leeha, to me, it doesn’t matter who they are. They were killed and kidnapped by scum who happen to be human, and I am just going after the scum.” My voice hardens as I continue. “The fact that the humans just so happen to treat other races like animals means I don’t have to feel guilty for killing them.”

“Just remember,” Leeha says sharply, “I hate them as well, but the plan isn’t to eradicate them off the world.” Her face and her tone softens as she says, “As much as I want that, we Elves are not like that. We are taught that all races can live in harmony if given a chance.”

“But you Elves and the other races weren’t given a chance,” I tell her softly.

Shaking her head, she explains softly, “No, you are right, but that is because of hatred, and that is something we need to get the humans to unlearn. And now we have someone powerful who maybe one day can teach them. They won’t learn from an Elf telling them what they need to do, but maybe you, as a human, can show them.”

“Well today, I hope to show some of them the error of their ways,” I tell her with some heat, although it’s not directed towards her.

Leeha grabs my gray leather vest and brings me down to her level. “Just don’t let it change you,” she replies. “I love you for who you are, not for what you can become. There is a reason that Elemental Summoners are feared. As they gain power, they try to destroy the world. They let the power get to them.”

Sighing, I kiss her on the forehead. “I am glad that I have you as my wife,” I tell her.

“And me as your Elemental!” pipes up Bridget with a cry. She has a big smile on her face, and I can’t help but laugh as I bend down and kiss her as well.

As I am facing Mig, I see that he isn’t rolling his eyes anymore when I kiss Leeha or Bridget. Hey, it’s a start. A couple of times when he was paralyzed and did that, I just wanted to go over and smash my fist into his face. But the girls held me back.

“Is Mig going to be all right here?” I ask.

Bridget turns and looks at him, and then turns back to me and nods. “Yes. The Elemental