QUOTE : It's petrified," he explained as I felt the coldness of the wood in my hand and began turning it back and forth so that I could look at those gemstones more closely. "Each of those holds a drop of pure magic from each of our Elements," Ryder added as I inspected an orange stone which felt warm to the touch, clearly having come from Leon's power. Dante's stone was a deep grey with the smallest pulse of electricity locked inside it and Ryders was a dark and sultry green which made a sense of peace slip through my soul as I pressed my fingertip to it. The stone representing me was the biggest, white clouds seeming to twist and writhe inside it and the taste of freedom coating my tongue as I traced the shape of it. "I dunno if that's right, but it just kinda felt like-" I leaned forward and stole a kiss from Ryder's lips, my smile wide against his mouth as my heart raced. "It's perfect," I breathed, holding the branch tightly and just knowing in my soul that this was the one. "Great," Leon announced. "Then we need to move on to part two. I'm going to set Gabe's rooftop nest on fire." "What?" I gasped, whirling back around to stare at him in alarm. "He'll kill you for that, stronzo," Dante said, shaking his head. "You know how protective Harpies get over their nests. And that bastardo is one powerful motherfucker." "It'll