Page 40 of The White Stag
“I didn’t snitch! You know your drunk ass asked Estrella if she could read minds when we were drinking together because she always justknows.”
“Yeah, but we’re not here for her to read our minds this time!”
“She can’t read minds, stupid. She’s superb at reading body language and in between the lines. She’s talked to all four of us now. She probably guessed,” I hissed.
“I’m really attached to my beautiful balls,” Finnan moaned, cupping his crotch.
My hand went to my junk. I was feeling sympathy pains too. Ireallydidn’t want my cock bit off by a Nemean lioness for being into her daughter. And that was just Estrella. Fox would get creative with Manticore venom if he didn’t like it.
“Shut the fuck up. Both of you. Estrella shocked the fuck out of me. She’s more concerned with what Reagan wants than appeasing the men who think they should have a chance with her and would be upset if she gets home and is already taken. Estrella is only going to maim our dicks if we hurt her. So she’s basically given her permission as long as it’s what makes Reagan happy.”
No shit? We didn’t even have to talk about this. We were going to do this slowly and right. It was going to be perfect. I didn’t want to spend another minute in this bedroom with Cyrus and Finnan when I could be out there with Reagan, not holding back.
We all just gave each other a nod and started out for the backyard. Finnan swooped down and picked a few Rock Violet flowers to give her. He presented her with the flowers, but before we could sit down to join her, Reagan pressed her nose into the flowers and inhaled.
Rock Violet didn’t really have any magical uses in potions and remedies. It was a pretty flower with a lovely scent. Everyone had them in their garden, though. It was used often in perfumes and soaps, and we could candy the flowers for baking.
I was sure Finnan picked those because they smelled so nice, but Reagan immediately started sneezing. And she wasn’t just sneezing. Every time she went off, she’d disappear in a flash of flame and reappear further away with her hair a little bluer than when we last saw her.
“Shit, someone get her before she disappears to the top of a mountain!” Cyrus yelled.
We were all running around the garden like chickens with their necks cut off, trying to guess where she would appear next and hoping she didn’t leave the property entirely. I saw the violets by the fishpond and kicked them as hard as I could. I was an Earth sign, so I was definitely going to get burned, but I didn’t care.
Reagan appeared near me, and I practically tackled her. I ended up on top of her with her pinned beneath me.
“Shit! Are you okay?” I asked.
“I don’t feel like I’m going to sneeze again, but whatever just happened, I don’t feel bad anymore.”
I looked down at her. But, of course, she didn’t. Her hair was now bright blue, and the tattoos that were barely coming in were now fully there. She had the rose on her chest like her mother and something massive covering her shoulder that extended to part of her back. Whatever that was, it had kicked the rest of the iron straight out of her body.
I went to roll off of her. Estrella may have given her blessing, but she definitely wasn’t used to having a man on top of her, and when that happened, it was going to be when she was ready for it.
Except she was ready for it now. She yanked me back and pulled me down for a kiss. This was her first kiss, so this had to be the best kiss I had ever given a woman. I kissed her back, but I let her guide things. It was Reagan who decided this was a tongue kiss, and I moaned when I felt her new fangs bite my lower lip.
My cock was telling me to swoop her up, carry her to my bedroom, and teach her all about sex, but my brain was screaming this wasn’t the time. We all made a promise to Estrella that when she got her magic, we were sending her over the border.
She looked about as Fae as you could possibly get right now, so I had to stop this and bring her home so her ma could find someone like her to teach her to be Fae.
Reagan
My first kiss was even better than I could have imagined. The whole sneezing fire thing would have completely freaked me out if I didn’t feelsomuch better when I stopped. Despite the blood disorder, I thought I felt fine because those pills kept me healthy, but I didn’t know it was possible to feel likethis.
I had never needed glasses, but my vision was sharper, and I could see much farther than I did before. I could smell and pick out every flower in this garden. Not only that, I could sense which plants might get sick soon and that I would need to sing to them to make them healthy again.
This was amazing. I wanted to kiss Finnan and Cyrus too, but I also wanted to figure out precisely what I could do and what I was capable of now. Ineededto know that I was strong enough to fight back if someone tried to hurt me again.
“I’m not sure what that was, but you appear to have sneezed out the remaining iron. So we need to get you home, Reagan. Estrella can help you figure out what kind of Fae you are and get you a tutor while we’re taking care of things over here,” Cyrus said.
“Do you see the border now? It’s invisible unless you have your magic. You can’t cross it until you can see it,” Oisin said.
Then we had a massive fucking problem. I felt different and could see better, but I didn’t see anything I hadn’t seen before.
“What’s it supposed to look like?”
“I see the problem,” Finnan said, tucking my hair behind my ear. “She’s not done yet. Her wee Fae ears haven’t come in yet.”
“What?” I demanded.
