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“They don’t allow hybrids to attend.” She licks her lips. “Well, I did hear of one dragon shifter hybrid that attends, but they only allowed it because the dragon shifter king insisted. When the king of the dragons wants something, you don’t tell him no.”
She’s right about that.
King Basilicus is a terrifying man. I like him and he seems nice, but the power that he radiates scares me. It’s like being in a room with live electricity—it buzzes over my skin.
“They definitely wouldn’t allow me.” I shrug, used to being unwanted. “I don’t want to go, but what happens to other elemental hybrids? They need to learn too.”
“The elementals don’t care what happens to them,” she says. “But the ones who are too powerful they have a special school for.”
“Why send them to a different school?” I cross my arms over my chest.
“Because they wouldn’t want to taint their own school with a dirty hybrid.” She snorts. “Please, don’t take offense to that. I don’t feel that way. But the elementals hate anybody who isn’t a full blooded elemental. They’re very elite, but it’s not a good thing. The world is changing around them, but they’ve remained the same. The last names of the council members from a thousand years ago are identical—and so are their speciesist views.”
“And I thought the dark fae were the only ones with issues.”
She snorts. “Not even. We have multiple rebellions trying to take over. The council is barely hanging on by a thread. They don’t even agree with King Mundus. Something is going to have to give. And there is the vampires.”
“The vampires?”
“They’re about to have a civil war,” she says.
My eyes widen. “Really?”
“Yep.” She nods, then looks at me. “The wolf shifters aren’t on the verge of war, are they?”
I shake my head. “No. The wolves are loyal to their alpha.”
She sighs. “Good.”
I don’t think I could handle more than one fight right now. Just going against King Hastings is enough.
“What is Alaska like?” Winter asks as we walk toward where our golf carts are parked.
“Cold,” I answer.
She laughs. “Yeah, I kind of figured.”
“But it’s also wonderful.” I lean my back against the golf cart as I look at her. “Pack land is gorgeous and everybody is so nice. They have a lot of other supernaturals mated to wolf shifters, so they’re very accepting.”
Her shoulders relax. “I was wondering. It’s one thing with you—you’re a princess. And Devin is alpha. It’s not like they could reject you.”
“I was fully prepared for them to reject me,” I admit. “My father hasn’t exactly tried to make peace with the wolves. If anything, King Hastings hates wolf shifters the most—probably because of me. So I figured they would hate me for that, but they’re surprisingly accepting of me.”
She tilts her head to the side, studying me. “I’m glad you went through this first. It’s nice to have somebody to talk to who isn’t a wolf shifter. I know you’re a hybrid, but you can’t shift.”
“I’m barely a hybrid wolf shifter. You’re right, I can’t shift. Sometimes my eyes look like a wolf, mostly when Devin is running. Even when he’s not close, I can still feel his emotions when they’re heightened.” I tuck a piece of hair behind my ear. “There was one time a panther shifter was trying to kill me and I ran really fast—like wolf shifter fast. But I’m mostly dark fae. And, apparently, elemental.”
“A panther shifter tried to kill you?” Her eyes widen.
“A lot of people have tried to kill me since I got here,” I tell her. “I don’t know why you’re surprised. My dad is King Hastings. They probably thought they’d be doing the world a favor by getting rid of me.”
“But you’re so sweet,” Winter says.
My breath gets caught in my throat at her words. She barely knows me, yet she trusts me so much. “You and Dawson really are perfect for one another. He accepted me from the beginning. It was like having a big brother look out for me.”
“What about Devin? Didn’t he accept you?” Winter asks.
I shrug one shoulder. “Not exactly.”
