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“Food yummy. Not hungry.” She shook her head.
“What about ice cream?” Branson asked.
Her eyes sparkled, and she nodded. “Yes!”
Oh, boy. She already had the big man wrapped around her finger.
He left to the kitchen.
“Lily, do you have a favorite cartoon? Or favorite character?”
She perked up. “Alpha patrol!”
I frowned, not familiar with it. “Okay.” I sent a text to the group chat so we could research later.
“Okay. Lily, can you shift forms? Are you a shifter?”
Her smile disappeared, her hands clenched the bottom of her shirt, and she looked at her lap. “Papa said no tell.”
My throat tightened. After swallowing hard, I said, “I understand, but you can tell me. Remember, I’m the alpha’s mate. Your queen, right?”
She pondered that a moment before she whispered, “Snake.”
A snake? I hadn’t even heard of elves turning into snakes before.
“Oh, okay. Do you know what type of snake?” If we could understand more about it, it would help us in raising her.
She shrugged and raised her eyes to look at me. “Lily show you?”
I nodded and smiled wide. “Yes, that would be great.”
Crossing her legs, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and shifted into a beautiful albino python with white scales and red eyes. She was about three feet in size, roughly her human size.
My eyes widened and I felt a sense of fate, in my chest. She was me, but in snake form.
Branson reentered and froze when he saw her.
“It’s Lily!” I shouted a bit too loudly.
Lily hissed and started to burrow in the couch.
“It’s okay,” I crooned softly. “I was just worried he wouldn’t recognize you. You’re safe, sweetheart. Please come back out.”
She poked her head back out from between the cushions, her tongue darting out as she looked at us.
I held out my hands. “Come on, come into my lap, sweetheart.”
“Big.”
Nodding, I said, “Yes, Branson is large, but it’s his size that helps him be a better protector. He would never, ever, ever, ever in a million bazillion years hurt you.”
Her tongue darted out again. “Hear us now?”
I nodded again. “Yes, I can hear creatures and shifters in their animal forms.”
Slowly, she slithered out of the cushions, and curled up in my lap, resting her head atop one of my arms. “Not scared?”
I gently stroked her scales. “No, sweetheart, I am not scared of your snake form.” Though, I could understand some would be. I also could understand why others might. It was going to be a pain for her growing up to have others judge her for the unique form.
