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“Think something,” I say, trying my hardest to listen.
But there is nothing. Only the sound of my own heart beating—which is still abnormally fast. Or reallynormalfor around Devin.
I sigh. “I can’t hear anything.”
“Don’t worry.” He runs his fingers along my cheek, pushing a piece of hair behind my ear. “We’ve got all the time in the world.”
I shiver at his touch, which makes his smile grow wider. I can justfeelthat he loves the way I respond to him.
I glance up at him, his intense green eyes meeting mine. “I can still hardly believe that I’m free.”
“Believe it,” Devin says. “Because you are.”
Freedom feels so strange. It’s what I’ve wanted for so long and now that I have it, it almost feels like a dream. It doesn’t feelreal.
Devin gently kisses my forehead. Who knew that the wolf shifter alpha could be so…sweet. Protective? Yes. Stubborn? For sure. But romantic? I didn’t expect it, though I guess I should have. He’s possessive and takes such good care of me. And he is exactly what I’ve longed for my whole life.
“What happens now?” I ask, not sure where we even go from here.
“Now we get married and complete our mate bond. We will finish high school and then figure out how we’re supposed to rule two species.” He shrugs. “No big deal.”
I chuckle. “Oh, that’s all?”
“We’ll figure it out as we go. I know that things won’t be easy, but life rarely is. Besides, after everything we’ve faced, I think we’re ready,” he says.
Ready to rule? Can one ever truly be ready for that? Devin’s prepared for it his entire life, but I know he’s still anxious. But I’ve never had any sort of training. Then again, maybe that’s for the best in my case. Everything my father did I want to do the complete opposite.
I lean further into his embrace.
Maybe Devin’s right. Maybe weareready. I could never do this by myself, but I’m not alone. I’ve got my mate. And I’ve got Nico, Kai, and Devin’s family. With everybody supporting me, I know I can do it.
Devin rests his head on the top of my chin, though he has to bend over slightly to do so.
“I’m going to be the shortest luna that’s ever existed,” I complain.
He laughs. “Youareshort for a luna.”
“I’ve got shifter blood. Shouldn’t I be taller?”
“I like you exactly how you are,” he says. “Even if Grant is going to be taller than you by the time he’s eight.”
I roll my eyes but don’t deny it. He’s probably right. Wolf shifters are tall. I don’t think any male wolf shifters are less than six feet, and the females are all close behind.
“Why are dark fae the shortest of the supernaturals?”
“Fae are short too,” Devin counters.
Right. Light fae are equally short. Which makes sense, since we apparently share blood. It’s still mind blowing to know it, though I should’ve guessed. There are so many similarities between our species—like our shifting eye colors. Though light fae are more well liked than us, they do keep to themselves. They don’t often interact with other supernaturals, other than occasionally with the dragon shifters because of the treaty between them.
I glance up at Devin, keeping my head on his chest. “Do you think the light fae would be willing to share our joint history? All dark fae history has been rewritten or trashed. I’d like to know more about when we were all just one species.”
Devin shrugs. “It doesn’t hurt to ask. We could approach their emperor.”
“Emperor?”
He nods. “They have many courts and many monarchs—kings and queens—but they only have one emperor. He’s kind of like me—I’m the alpha of alphas. I guess you could consider him the king of all the fae monarchs.”
“Interesting. I do want to know more about their politics. I’d like to do something like that with dark fae, though our numbers are much smaller.” I purse my lips. “And I’m not sure I want to be called an emperor.”
