Page 46 of His Impossible Elf Mate
I did not hear him. The magic compelled me to keep pouring into Hiroshi.
“Get out!” Roan shoved my hold off Hiroshi.
The remaining power snapped back into us with a painful crack, though Hiroshi appeared unaware.
I understood why when I caught the sweet smell in the air. My face paled.
“Okay, I’ll let everyone know!” With one last look at the pair, I turned and fled the room, leaving the clinic entirely.
The healing had worked! Not just on Roan. It had sent Hiroshi into heat.
After I let Xavier know not to expect them home any time soon, I had to tell everyone. This was important. I felt it in my bones.
Admit the Truth
Axel
“Today’s the day!” Dalton practically sang. “I can feel it. He’s going to restart the testing!”
“Hmm,” I made a noncommittal noise. I knew there were a lot of betas pushing Blake for the testing to resume. There had been many false starts, with the elves wondering why we couldn’t replicate the first change.
Thing was, we didn’t know exactly what had changed Tate and Asher. Was it the bite they got from Roan? From Hiroshi? Was it from both? Or was it just prolonged exposure to their pheromones? All the sex they were having? Were there environmental factors we were missing?
Over the couple of months since Hiroshi and Tate had their babies, testing was supposed to be ongoing. Except it wasn’t just as simple as telling the betas to do x, y, and z, then, boom! they’d be an alpha or omega. We didn’t have the magic formula to make it happen.
Blake had the witches try some potions. Poppy and her wife, Zinna, had been spending a lot of time inAbrocaelum and were working on potions there. They thought they could unlock the gene using magic. So far, they had been unsuccessful.
We had tried it as a form of healing. Nothing.
It was nil for… I’d lost count there. The betas were exceedingly patient, but Blake felt them getting frustrated.
The truth was, we didn’t have a clue why it had worked for Tate and Asher, and Blake wasn’t willing to continually break his pack’s hearts until we had more information.
Jake and Sebastian were begging for a chance to try breaking their bond and re-bonding. Today, Blake would give an answer on if he was going to allow it.
“Oh, come on! This is exciting! After all the false starts, it’s good to have some news.”
“It is,” I admitted, “but there’s so much research still to do. It’s not like there are a ton of alphas lining up to bite betas, especially if they are going to turn into alphas.”
“Oh, we had a call from Poppy! The witches might have something this time. I’ve got a good feeling.”
“Right, well, I better get to the meeting. Are you coming to take notes?”
“With the way you remember conversations? Yes,” he snarked as he picked up his tablet.
We left for Blake’s office together. I got the feeling Dalton had something to say. He kept opening and closing his mouth like a goldfish and occasionallybumping into me. I didn’t get a chance to ask before we got to the office, the door standing ajar as the room filled.
Teagan, instead of T, was standing with Ívarr behind Blake’s desk. Dakota was in a corner seat, looking prepared to take notes of his own. Roan sat with Kade and Deke on the sofa, Chase was at their feet looking relaxed. Aldrin and James were sharing a loveseat. Poppy was on the video screen, a sweet smile on her face. We were the last to arrive.
I took my place behind Kade, massaging his shoulders. Dalton sat on the floor next to Chase, knocking his shoulder in a familiar gesture.
The meeting really didn’t take long. There were another couple of treatments the elves wanted to use. Gene therapy from Tate and Asher with compatible betas. Ívarr was assigned the task of looking for testing subjects. Poppy had more potions, each going along the lines of power boosting.
Blake gave the green light for Jake and Sebastian to try re-bonding.
“Axel, can you wait, please?” my youngest brother asked as the meeting broke up. I nodded and stood to the side to let others out.
Kade squeezed my hand, Chase hugged me, “just tell him, please.”
