“They are mythicals, and one will have difficulty making out when shifted.What am I saying?Both of them will.It’s going to be alpha-shaped or nothing.”
Harper smiled.“Where are they, and do they need a wildling?”
Piper wiggled around on Yeskin, eliciting a groan.The sun was nearly down, and artificial lights illuminated those gathering, waiting for the music to start.
Piper pointed.“Tattoos and feathery hair.Near the tiki torch next to the snack lane.”
Harper looked at them and smiled slowly.“I can work with that.What are their alters?”
“A hydra and Horus.We need more weird shit in the world.”Piper sipped through her straw.“Go get ‘em.”
Tez froze.“Hey!”
“They are both attentive and faithful.They are also willing to relocate to Breakridge.”
Harper snorted.“Not Emerald?”
“They both need something a little more private.They freak folks out.”Piper smiled and set her empty glass down.
Yeskin said, “There isn’t any alcohol in that.”
“Of course not.I am a lightweight, and with the music starting, I wanted to dance.”She grinned.“But I also get sweaty, so I hydrate, and sometimes, a cocktail makes its way in, so I pace myself when I start so I can be less wary when I finish.”
Temal sighed.“May I hold you, just to figure out why Yesk is making that face?”
Yeskin’s arms tightened around her.He sighed.“This goes against our nature, but my beast is only grumbling.”
Temal held out his hands.“To quote our niece.Gimmee.”
Yeskin chuckled as Piper said, “If you drop me, you lose points.”
Harper watched Temal take her over, and Piper made herself comfortable with the confidence of a cat.He didn’t object.Her cousin’s ease with her body made it simple for her to be at ease with others.She was wondering what Temal and Yeskin would think of her dancing skills.
Meeda and Akervel walked into the square with Mia.Meeda stared at Harper and grinned.Harper waved, realizing that they couldn’t see Piper from their vantage point.
Temal was holding Piper carefully and speaking to her softly.
Piper grinned at Harper.“Temal was just telling me that they are in deep-water retrieval and geology.”
“All words you enjoy.”
Piper chuckled, and the sound got the attention of all the interested alphas around her.
Yeskin looked at Piper and then Harper.“How is it that she isn’t mated already?”
Harper grinned.“As much as she can attract, she can also turn it off.”
He grinned.“But she didn’t turn it off for us.”
“I misspoke.She would turn you off, if you get my drift.”
Harper turned her head.“Thanks for dinner, Tez.I am going to go chat with a bird and a whatever the hell it is.”
He reached out and grabbed her wrist.“What?No.I need you.”
“Too bad you invited perverts to come out here and irritate me.Too bad you had plans to take lovers of your own once I was pregnant.”
“I didn’t say that.”
