Burning Promise I a fourth wing ff

After Moon-rise

"What do you imagine when trying to ground?" I start.

"Problem number one: I don't know what to imagine. I don't have a 'sacred' spot. I grew up going house to house, being fostered. And school isn't somewhere I feel very grounded." he explains.

"Your safe spot doesn't need to be a place you've been, it can be somewhere you would feel safe, a place you visited in passing, even." I advise. "Try closing your eyes, that might help if you haven't been able to ground stably yet."

it's true closing your eyes does help, but the main reason is because being under his gaze is suffocating me.

Liam nods and shuts his eyes shut. Hopefully he can't feel me staring, because that is exactly what I'm doing. His hair is ruffled by unrest, dark eyebags are visible underneath his long blonde eyelashes, and his lips are pursed in concentration.

"What now?"

"You've got a place?" I ask.

"Yep," he squirms in my chair. I stifle a laugh again because it's funny seeing him so uncomfortable.

"Now, you should be feeling multiple energies around you. Your own signet power, your dragon's energy, and the energy of the people around you." I watch as he contorts his face with focus.

"I feel them."

"Good, now you'll want to take care of your power first. Make your way towards the energy, sometimes it's visual other times it's just a feeling." I continue.

A few minutes pass in silence and I'm starting to fall asleep in the warmth of my sheets.

"I found it Saeri, I see it." He whispers, jolting me out of my half asleep state.

"Now take control, use it to your advantage." I respond groggily, noting that he's still in the same position as he was before I closed my eyes.

He opens his eyes with a jump that makes my chair and desk shake.

"Woah, you good?" I pipe.

"I did it!" He beams, his smile reaching his icy blue eyes.

"Of course you did, you just needed to get the hang of it." I shake my head.

"Want to try your signet against me?" he asks, the excitement in his voice clear.

I groan in response.

"Oh come on. Aren't you curious?" He counters.

"Fine." I roll my eyes. "But don't be surprised if you go blind, I doubt anything will block my signet." I warn.

"Go for it." He urges.

I focus on the foot grounded in my cave and reel in my power, not much is needed since it's only one person and only for a moment. I learned that the hard way, made a poor guy go blind for a week by accident. A surge flows through me as I direct the energy at Liam.

"See? Nothing-" I start.

"Actually, yeah I do see." He interjects.

"What?" I drop the smirk from my face.

"You tried using your signet power, right?" He pauses, and I nod. "It didn't work." He lowers his voice.

"Oh fuck you!" I snarl. Great, just amazing. I can feel my eye twitch as he laughs.

"You could say I can see right through your bullshit."

"That's not funny!" I argue.

"But it is," He leans forward in his seat and keeps laughing.