“Not yet,” Diana said darkly. “Not until she finds another food source.”

The implication stopped him in his tracks. He hung back, and then Diana heard the sound of his footsteps scrambling away.

Without even looking back Gaia simply raised a hand, and Alex flew through the air to land hard at her feet.

“Leave me alone!” Alex cried up at Gaia.

“I could kill you and carry the nutritious parts with me,” Gaia said. “But that would be harder, carrying all that meat. So you’ll carry yourself until I find better food. If you try to run away, I’ll do something very painful to you. It won’t kill you, but you’ll wish you were dead.”

Light, Chapter 9