Page 40 of Battling Bright
Reynal shook his head.“Nope.Sorry.I must catch all the details.How long have you had your wings?”
“Since the wave.The fucker hit me hard.Just like Amy.Both of us bashed around like cat toys.”
“What manifestations do you have?”
“Well, the big ass frost pixie, my mage skills sort of, and then a weather witch sort of situation.”
“Why do you say sort of for the mage skills?”
“I never finished my courses.Mom and Dad needed help at the shop, so I had to stop my studies and come home, but I bought a few books on cantrips.Then the wave hit, and kaboom.I suddenly had enough power to make the cantrips look like powerful spells, and they can hold as long as I need them to.”
“Cantrips?Those are cantrips?”His eyes were wide.
“I haven’t had a chance to go back to school to get my mage certifications.I took marketing and event planning courses via distance learning, and that is how I got the job with the XIA.”
“Your clan didn’t offer to help?”
“We were just one darn level too low to apply for funding.Normic doesn’t like Dad.Couldn’t believe he is so related to someone so common.He wasn’t any fonder of me.”Krys grinned.“He really didn’t like it when I became something mythical in front of him with enough power radiating that could take his wolf and smash it flat.He was not a fan, but I don’t want to challenge him for clan leader.I think Amy and Emmers should ease into that slot when Normic and Keel retire.”
“Why don’t you want to lead?”
“Because I know what it is like to be at the bottom, and I would much rather be a pain in the ass down there.”She smirked.
Reynal smiled.“So, you’re a bottom?”
She went hot, cold, and cleared her throat.“Shut.Up.”
He leaned in and kissed her.
She leaned into him and slid her hand into his hair; she made a fist and jerked his head back.His eyes went wide with shock.She let him go and giggled.
They were close to her home, and she got her keys out.When the vehicle stopped, he was still stunned, and she hopped out and ran into her house, grabbed a basic sheath dress, and got changed.She was dressed and ready, her hair smoothed with a brush.She grabbed her bag and keys and was out of her house in six minutes.
She walked back to the SUV, and when she passed the passenger side where Reynal was, he opened the door and pulled her carefully inside.
She blinked up at his focused gaze and grinned.“Oh, good.You recovered.”
The kiss wasn’t a surprise, and the fist in her hair was careful.He pulled her in completely and closed the door.The car started moving, and she held on tight.
When he tugged her head back, her thighs flexed, and he smiled.She stared up at him and slowly licked her lips.“So, lunch?”
He grinned and lifted her to her seat.She buckled in.
“Snacking on you all day would definitely be an option.”
“Don’t you have a day job?”
He chuckled.“I do, but I only sleep four hours a night.”
“Oh.So, lots of time to kill.”
Reynal nodded.“Yes.”
They pulled up in front of the Glacier, and she blushed when she realized that they had skipped the parking lot and were at the front door.She put on her blue hair and lips, and Reynal smiled.“Hiding?”
“Diverting attention.It’s different.”
He smiled.“I don’t care what your pigmentation is as long as I am your date.”
