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“Do you have any issues with the council?” Riddick asked.
I flinched. “Um, well, they don’t really like me, to be honest. I didn’t do anything, but they don’t like that I’m, ‘mingling with anyone and everyone.’ Their words, not mine.”
Riddick growled softly. “I can’t believe this amount of bigotry still exists when the princes have been working so hard to unite everyone.”
“You can’t erase centuries of racism in a few years,” Percival said softly. “Many of us are appreciative of the royals’ strides in uniting everyone, but it’s going to take a while for things to improve.”
Riddick sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “It’s really frustrating for them as well. Even worse for Caleb, I mean Prince Caleb.”
“Shall we head back?” I asked. “It looks like we’re at a dead end for now.”
The three men nodded.
Spinning on my heel, I took all of two steps before Triston picked me up and started running again.
“I suppose this is faster,” I said begrudgingly.
He smiled down at me and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, which immediately burned in a blush. “Don’t be upset. I know you are powerful. That move against the trespassers where you made rock blocks and sent them flying was truly impressive.”
My face warmed even more. “Thank you.” To change the topic I asked, “What other forms do you have besides the tiger?”
“Are you asking me to shift for you? That’s very private and personal.” He said it with a smile, so I knew he wasn’t upset, but was teasing me.
“You don’t have to tell me,” I said and shrugged.
“I actually don’t have another form. Just the tiger and this form. My mother was a mage.”
“Is that where your ability to tell the magics apart comes from?”
He nodded. “That’s my assumption, though I don’t know one hundred percent, but it makes the most sense.”
“What other mage powers do you have?”
“When we get back to the house, would you like me to show you?”
“Yes, please,” I chirped and smiled happily. One of my greatest flaws was my curiosity.
I would do almost anything to find out something that had stoked my interest.
Riddick ran by in his cheetah form, hopping down the rock side that lead down next to the waterfall.
Percival flew overhead slowly, keeping pace with us and providing look out.
“I’m surprised you three get along so well,” I admitted. “You three are obviously alphas.”
Triston shrugged as he continued running along the riverbank. “We have a common goal, so we’ve set aside silly pissing contests.”
“A common goal?” I asked and then my eyes widened. “Oh, right, the stone mystery.”
He looked at me with a strange smirk, but said nothing.
What was he thinking?
“Creature to the right!”Percival shouted in my head.
My head whipped around to look right. “There’s a creature to the right,” I informed Triston. “Percival warned me.”
I squinted my eyes, but couldn’t see the creature he warned us about.
