Page 64 of His Impossible Elf Mate
Open it, my owl demanded, keeping us suspended in the air in front of the door.
I cannot.My magic was too volatile. I could damage the house.
Again, he took over. He flew to the window and screeched. It shattered with the pulse of energy and sound he emitted.
You think too much, he chided.
Glass gone, he took us out of the window and into the open air. The street on which we lived was quiet, it was around dinner time for most.
We flew into the air, rejoicing with a cry as we soared high. We circled over the trees, over the water, dripping low to touch it with our feet.
Together we explored the territory of our pack and checked for intruders. We called to a raven friend. They stopped their flight, returning to the ground to call for help. They did not understand who we were.
The raven was interesting, we caught the scent of omega, which reminded us we had a mate to track down and claim.
Purpose centered our mind. We had to find Axel. He had to know we were now a shifter like him.
It did not take us long to locate his office. There were more cries as we closed in on the mansion.
Outside of his office window was a handy planter filled with summer flowers. We landed and tapped on the window with our beak.
“An owl? Seriously? I don’t think the aviary has snowy owls. I’d have to check.”
Axel was on a call about my presence in the compound. They thought me to be an intruder because I could not use the pack link yet.
“You sure the owl felt friendly?” There was a pause as the person answered. Through the glass and across the room I could not catch all of the reply. “It came this way?” He was nodding. He turned and caught my gaze. “I’ve found him. Call you back.”
He hung up the phone and came to the window. Without a trace of fear, he opened it.
“Teárlach? Is that you?”
Since my alter had used magic without any backlash, I tried to link our minds again.
It is me, dear one.
“You’re an owl.”
I am. I share an animal soul. There is another voice. He was quite insistent I find you.
Axel smiled. “He was, huh?”
Yes. You are so beautiful to us both, you’ve bewitched him already. I wanted to show you this since I do not know if this is permanent. Will you come explore the forest with me?
He opened the window further, then stripped and shifted. As a wolf, he climbed out of the window and brushed up against me.
Oh, wow! You smell amazing!
What do I smell like?
The same honey and jasmine of before, but also rainwater and…
And?
Alpha.
Alpha
Axel
