The Touch Reader (#1 of the Elemental Originals Series)

Every third Wednesday of October, the 16-year-olds of every village in the Kingdom of Respive are tested to see if they have the blood of a mage in their veins or, if they are especially lucky, the blood of a Dragon Rider.

Twins Nix and Flamma Nocte were of age to test to see what kind of blood ran through their veins. When they arrived for the Choosing, the sisters realized exactly what was pulsing inside their hearts.

Fire and shadows crackled through Flamma and an ability that few truly understand bloomed inside of Nix.

The twins were powerful but dangerous, and no one knew that the moment they touched that stone, everything would change.

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The lightening in my veins roared as it seemed to surge out of me. I didn't understand what was happening, and I could barely feel what was happening.
Howls were joining the screams. Howls of pain and desperation. They swirled around the song like it was its dancing partner.
Something slammed into me, something that made the song in my head screech to a stop.
My vision blurred a bit for a moment before it cleared, making me blink a few times. I tried to speak but nothing came out, and I was suddenly aware of how much my throat hurt; like I had been screaming for a long time.
"Don' try and talk, Ice Queen. I could hear that song in your head, and I'm genuinely shocked that your head didn't explode from the force of it. But you were singing it too before you started to spout lightening everywhere."
I stared at him disbelief. I was spouting lightening?
"Yes, you were spouting lightening. I can see the question all over your face. It was like it was coming from straight inside you."
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