Harper blushed.“Uh, it’s fine.Piper is further along than I am.”
“Yes.Can you let me go for a moment?I have to ask Dorian something.”
Harper paused and then nodded.
Calypso grinned.“You know, I live in a small house on Blackridge’s main island.I have a boat, and I travel when I like between the islands.As you are moving your studio to Wonder, we will see each other often.”
“How do you know that?”
“Ah, I attend a lot of women around here, and they and their mates are looking forward to another business locally.”Calypso smiled.“The ones with enhanced alphas and betas are going to want a lot of new and unique enamels to hand down to their children.Because now on Wonder, there will be children.”She eased away from Harper and went to speak to Dorian.
The sacred waterfall in human form nodded slowly.“Can you manage to get up there?”
“Yes.Piper’s mates can give us a lift if necessary.”
“Okay.I am good with it.”
“You are going to be taking on a lot, and we are going to supercharge the source.”
“Right.Do you need anything else?”
“Well, if you guys have any cameras and want to record this, I would charge the buggers now.”
He blinked and went to talk to Orc.
She went to talk to Piper and Harper, explaining what they needed to do.Both of them grinned and scattered to assemble what was needed.
They got the outfits together and got changed.Calypso checked on the family once more and stuffed some fruit in her mouth, and they hiked toward the waterfall.
Wind picked them up and carried them to the top of the falls.From that vantage point, they looked around, and Calypso turned to see the yacht in the harbour.Sohar’s yacht.Aeryn was one of her clients.
She looked at the others as the drones sprang up in a halo around them.“They are quick.”
Harper nodded.“That is what Thera says.”
Piper asked, “So why are we up here?”
“We are here to give a blessing.Sort of.We are mages.You know that, right?”
The others nodded.
“Well, we all have different applications.But what this moment comes down to is that we are past, present, and future of the same blood.The moon is high and willing to participate.So listen to the rhythm and start to move.The rest is going to make sense when we are in motion, and the beat gets stronger.”
Calypso swayed to the sounds of wind, water, and trees.When she took her first steps, her skin began to glow.
Harper and Piper began the same steps that went beyond learning and into ancient blood.
* * * *
Serin felt the powerrising.“Deno, help me up so I can see the waterfall.”
Deno nodded, and the trees bent out of their way to give them a clear view of the cliff face of the falls.Serin couldn’t see the figures, but when they started glowing, the dancing stars formed a beam that united and then spread across the sky.
The light coursed in a wave toward Emerald and spread toward Breakridge and Blackridge.
The light spread across the sky, and then it faded.
Yeskin’s phone started ringing.He answered it on speaker.“Yes, maiden?”
