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“Would you be my princess?”
She blinked a few times, silence stealing her lips like I had once done with a kiss. Without warning, my desire magnified, resounding through the sky just as my voice had done minutes ago. She did that to me. She gained control over my faculties without even trying.
All it took was a look, a sigh, a sound fit for a relaxed queen. That was her. To call her a princess simply wasn’t enough. She was a queen. She was a woman of regal standing in my eyes. Nobody could take that title away from her now that I had bestowed it upon her head. Life burst from her in every way.
Her aura confirmed it.
She jumped into my arms, trusting me to catch her just the way she liked with my hands on her bottom and my heart meeting hers. Whimsical laughter exploded from us next as our energy mixed together, a hurricane of emotions whirling around us so hard that I had trouble discerning what belonged to whom.
It didn’t matter anymore. She was mine. I knew it in my heart, and the way her colors danced under my touch told me she knew it as well. Even so, it was important for her to state it on her terms. In her time. With a sober mind.
No stress. No horror awaiting us. When the dust settled and our friends were safe, I would wait for her. And if she denied me then after all this time, I would accept that. For true affection didn’t possess, no matter how much I desired such a thing.
I hugged her. “Hang on tightly, little wolf.”
My face hardened as my wings grew from my back. Macy kept her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist while I stepped into the yard. As my vision tunneled, my wings came to fruition, unfurling happily from where they were forced to hide. Shifting was encouraged here, but circumstances hadn’t been ideal for me to wear my wings so freely.
One day, my worry would be a thing of the past. I could openly sport my wings and let them absorb the sun. I could fly wherever I wanted in the world with Macy at my side. I could do everything I planned and more—I just had to settle the score once and for all.
Macy turned her lips to my ear. “Where are we going first?”
I embraced her as snugly as she would allow. “Back to where it all began.”
Chapter 20 - Macy
Flying made me nauseous.
My stomach crumpled up like a greasy napkin as I peeked over Juriah’s shoulder to look at the ground below. That was progress for sure, even if I hated the fact that we were so high in the air.
It also changed my opinion of thunderstorms.
Lightning spread in cracked spiderwebs across the sky, shining brightly on our faces as Juriah drew closer toMoss. Thunder came swiftly after and shook me to my core, reminding me of the powerful might of nature. With it came the memory of Juriah’s booming voice declaring his desire to protect me.
Again with the protection stuff. Could anybody blame me for being wary of that claim? It wasn’t like my life was made of rainbows and kittens and crap like that. Everything had been pure hell since the moment I gained consciousness. Even before I became an adult, all I could recall was jumping from one place to another with my drunk mother.
My eyes flitted up to the clouds that were starting to clear. Was she out there somewhere in the great beyond? Was she watching me right now? Maybe her spirit had already been reincarnated. Maybe she was spinning in a cycle of pain from the karma she had accrued.
There was no way of telling. The most I could do was hope that she was at peace somewhere—which was more than she would ever deserve. And it was more than I deserved too.
I squinted at the ground. The streets were torn up and muddy from the rain. While most of the clouds had stopped spitting on us, the thunder and lightning were just as heavy. I wanted to get down and get my feet back on the ground. But Juriah had other plans.
“Is that it?” I pointed to a dilapidated building. “That can’t be it.”
“My senses say it’s the spot,” he replied. He went quiet for a moment and then came back with, “Galanthia states this is whereMosswas located.”
I groaned. “It can’t be, Juriah. There’s nothing there!”
Seriously, the place was completely wrecked. The walls had caved in, the roof was gaping in random places, and what window panes remained were cracked. Along with the concrete parking lot. One sheet of fencing ran the length of the left side. Besides looking like many other buildings on this side of town, it felt ominous to stare down at it.
It was so much bigger inside. But then again, that was underground magic. That was the way of the black market for the supernatural world. Here one night and gone the next.
My heart jolted.That could have been me.
“Don’t worry, little wolf,” Juriah assured me as he flew us to the ground. “We’ll find shelter quickly.”
“Are you sure it’s safe?”
He hummed in the affirmative. Galanthia followed, holding her golden whip ready as she glided to the ground beside us. Hair like hers should have been soaked, damp, and maybe frizzy from the humidity, but it just looked as polished and gorgeous as it had earlier in the day. I was jealous.
