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"Earth Elearage The legal guardian of his younger brothers

He’s known in the co girl’s death years ago" He paused

"He’s rohter of the county fire marshal A Hannah Faulkner No Elemental connection that I could discern"

Gareth nodded and slid the paper to the side A connection to law enforcement could be troublesome "Christopher Merrick?"

"Water Elemental Sixteen A bit of a loner at school, froht perhaps he was our weak link, but then I discovered he was romantically linked to a Becca Chandler"

Gareth looked up "Chandler As in Bill Chandler?"

"The very saer for Bill I think he’s her father" Silver leaned forward "I also think she’s a rogue Fifth"

A rogue Fifth would be an Elemental who could control all the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water--but who had never been trained to fulfill his or her duty Silver and Gareth had been trained to destroy pure Eleue Fifth would not only be dangerous because of her ability to focus and intensify the powers of a pure Elemental, but because her connection to the hu to side with theain "Bill never claimed to have any children Have you spoken with hiust"

Gareth raised his eyebrows and "

"What’sis that this Becca Chandler is not the only rogue Fifth in town I also identified a Hunter Garrity"

Gareth’s eyebroay up He wrote the name on the cover of his folder "As in John Garrity? The Guide who died in the car wreck?"

"Indeed And to co with the Merricks"

Gareth let out a lohistle No wonder Silver had ended up in over his head He went back to the original papers "So I also have Gabriel and Nicholas Merrick"

"Identical twins Seventeen years old Fire and Air Elein the home, there’s a perfect circle of Elemental power just outside of Annapolis"

"And there are er children who may or may not develop into their full Elee to enter his voice

"I’m more concerned with the immediate threat of a house full of pure Elementals"

Silver wasn’t easily intiaze "I will not underestihed "We’ll have to lure them apart I don’t like this law enforceue Fifths What about the twins? Any vulnerabilities there?"

"Gabriel is a noted danger He was accused of the recent arson attacks in town, though later cleared It’s been widely reported that he assisted in rescuing numerous students from a fire in the school library" A pause "If you read his file, there are notes that he caused the fire that destroyed his parents"

Gareth glanced up "Interesting Was he responsible for the recent fire at the school carnival?"

"No That was caused by Calla Dean I have very little inforh the papers, re students"

"She’s dead"

Gareth stopped riffling through the pages and looked at him

"No body?"

"I shot her in the middle of the carnival I had no way to rement in Gareth’s expression, because he quickly added, "It was a clean shot"

"But she isn’t listed a to say to that

Gareth shifted back to the Merricks’ file "What else can you tell irl, a Layne Forrest He spends a great deal of tier brother Their father is a defense attorney--an influentialthey would need to be careful not to let these Forrest children be injured in any crossfire The last thing anyone wanted was a lengthy investigation driven by a distraught parent That was almost worse than the attachment to law enforceirl named Quinn Briscoe No Elemental connection I could detect"

Gareth studied the paper Nicholas Merrick Hello, weak link

But an Air Eleed caution An Air Elemental wouldn’t have the flash and drama of the others An Air’s poas far more subtle--and far ht not have thean enereat distance, but he’d surely feel any breath of power in the atnes frolanced at the more than you see there Seth Ramsey isn’t a pure Elemental--and he’s on some kind of probation or house arrest due to an incident with Becca Chandler He’s a an isn’t a pure Eleo--and it’s rumored that Michael Merrick had a hand in it"

"I know Tyler Morgan"

Silver’s eyebroent up

Gareth shrugged "His family was quite vocal about the Merricks at one point I assued?"

Silver shook his head "I had no time to observe him"

"And the only Elelanced up "Your trainee"