Vortex Visions (Air Awakens: Vortex Chronicles #1)

by Elise Kova

Vi gave him one last, long look, trying to uncover whatever secrets he was hiding. But the man was a closed book. It was a good thing books of all kinds were Vi’s specialty.

“Everywhere is paradise, just a different kind.” Her maps told her that much. The world was wide and diverse; there were highlands and lowlands, frigid mountains and tropical jungles. Who was to say which was better than the other?

Her power was light itself, and all the possibilities of the world stretched within it—the code of the universe writ large.

“You, Vi Solaris, are a Child of Yargen.”

“I am too Northern to be Southern. I am too Southern to be Northern. Eastern to be Western. Western to be Eastern. I belong nowhere, and to no one, and it’s all because of some stupid magic and the words of one person—whose name you don’t even know.”

“No child chooses the circumstances of their birth. Rich parents, poor parents, high and low. We are all handed the starting point. What you make of every step thereafter is what defines your life.”

“What are the apexes of fate?” “Places the world changed, or places where it still could be changed. They’re locations where fate was malleable and the future was—is—yet undecided.”

“Perhaps the best way to ensure that you do not reap destruction accidentally is by learning how to destroy things intentionally?”

“You’re still beautiful, if that’s what you’re asking,” he whispered.

“Home is a funny thing…” she said, finally. “I don’t really know where home is or what it will look like. I have dreams, ideas, but nothing concrete.”