I laughed as I put my arms around my mate, “This is Evan of the Mer people. He is Taylor’s mate.” Elliot smiled, “Dude! It’s been a long time!” He fist-bumped Evan and Evan smiled, “It’s been too long! I take it Elisa is your mate?” Elliot nodded, “She is. Come in the house. I have a shirt for you.” We all went to the house. They all went in while Abel and I hung back. I turned to him and hugged him, “Thank you for everything you’ve done for me. You’ve been a life saver… literally.” He chuckled, “It’s just part of my job, but I will say that it would’ve really hurt me to see anything bad happen to you. I was at the table with Prince Elliot while you were being tortured. I wanted to go to that castle and rip her apart.” I laughed, “But you would’ve robbed me of the chance to kick her ass myself.” He laughed, “I would’ve held her still for you.” I laughed, “Come back for a visit once in a while. Will you?” He nodded, “I will. I have Prince Elliot’s number and yours if I need t

The guys let out a Whoop and started rushing through their ice cream treats, giving themselves a brain freeze a couple times in the process. It was during one of those brain freezes that Taylor walked downstairs. She gave the guys a look like they had lost their minds until she saw what was in front of them. Then she started laughing and shaking her head. As soon as Max’s brain freeze was done, he chuckled, “Taylor, guess what Elisa taught us this morning?” Taylor looked at him, looked at the shake in front of him, then tapped her lip while looking up with her eyes, like she was thinking, “Let me think. Could it be conjuring food?” He gave her a sarcastic look, “Okay, smart ass, can you do it?” She smiled, held out her hand like she was holding a coffee cup and stared at her hand. A cup of coffee appeared in her hand and both of her brothers asked, “Did Elisa already show you that without showing us?” She chuckled, “No, I just applied the same concept as when I unlocked my shackles.

We all went outside, then suddenly a blood-curdling scream sounded so loud the animals of the forest scattered. Then the sound of bones breaking mixed with those screams, made more than a few of us non-werewolves more than a little queasy. We all stood back and watched as Linden’s nose and mouth elongated into a snout, he lowered to all fours and his front feet changed to paws and his back feet changed to wolf’s feet and claws protruded from the tips of each toe. He started sprouting brown fur all over his body and this made him scream even more. Finally, the screams turned into a howl, indicating the shift is complete, and the rest of the wolves echoed his howl in approval. Elliot and Alpha Damien led the group in a run. I got to ride on Elliot’s back while he ran swiftly through the forest, dodging limbs, jumping over tree roots, and even chasing the occasional rabbit. I now understood what it was like to be a werewolf. That feeling I had, during the run, was just one of p

I immediately cringed, “Princess ceremony?” Queen Chumani smiled, “Yes, dear. You are a dragon princess now. I promise, it’s not a long, drawn-out ceremony at all. There is more work involved in the preparation of the ceremony than the ceremony itself. We can have the ceremony pretty quickly, if you want to sit down with me today to choose your invitations and figure out the guest list. You will also need to visit the jeweler in town to design your crown and the gown shop next to it to get your gowns for the ceremony and the after-party. Do you think that can get done today?” I nodded, “I know we can sit down to do the guest list and invitations. I’m sure I can also go to town today too.” She smiled, “I’m so happy!” Elliot pulled me close and whispered in my ear, “You just made my grandma the happiest woman on Earth. She lives for these events. Thank you.” I smiled, “There is nothing to thank me for. I enjoy her company.” He nuzzled my neck, breathing in my scent, “I love yo

I looked around and yelled as loud as I can, “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON AND WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY HOUSE?!” Linden and Max stopped and looked at me like deer caught in headlights. Taylor walked into the house with Evan, “Evan and I had gone for a walk, and we came back to this. I didn’t want to get hit with anything, so I stepped outside and called you.” Evan shook his head, “You got back too fast for me to do anything about it.” I looked at my brothers, and Linden finally spoke, “It started with us just throwing little lightning bolts at each other, but then they started getting bigger and… we’re sorry. We should’ve done this outside.” Max stepped up, “I’m sorry sis. We were having fun and things just got out of hand.” I shook my head, “Well, no one got hurt, but my house is a fucking mess. Here’s what you are going to do. You are going to clean all this mess up, with NO MAGIC! Magic got you in this mess. I am going to stay right here and watch every move you make u