Pairing the Partridge by Zenina Masters

Author:Zenina Masters [Masters, Zenina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Enchanted Crossroads, Adult, Romance, Holiday, Christmas, Paranormal, Shapeshifter, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781487431297
Publisher: www.eXtasybooks.com
Published: 2020-12-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Zee moved toward him, but he shrank rapidly into a small bird, shivering on the branch. “Oh, you said it, but I still wasn’t thinking that you would be a partridge.”

She picked him up and cuddled him against her, moving back to lean on the thick trunk. “Hey, Axl. Just relax. You will be back to yourself in no time.”

He made a soft sound and burrowed against her. With his small body pressed to hers, she started singing Christmas carols. There was one that she had at the forefront of her thoughts as she slowly stroked the soft feathers of his back.

She cuddled him as a swirl of magic at the base of the tree exposed the picnic basket and blanket left in its wake. “It seems that lunch is here.”

She looked at the bundle of bird in her hands and the long descent to the ground. “Right. Nothing else for it then.”

She lifted the edge of her t-shirt and shoved him up the shirt, tucking it in under him before she descended with the help of the tree.

Once on the ground, she retrieved her passenger and looked at him. “Are you okay?”

He shivered again and started to get heavy. She held him out at arm’s length and found herself pinned between him and the tree.

“I am fine. The shift was unexpected.”

She grinned up at him. “I gathered that. How are you now?”

He leaned up against her, nuzzling her neck. “What would it take to get me under your shirt again?”

She turned her head toward him, gripped his head, and kissed him. “You just have to ask nicely at an appropriate time.”

He leaned into her and kissed her until her thoughts were spinning and the tree shivered. He raised his head with a smile. “Is there a suggested time for that request?”

She swallowed. She could taste him on her lips. “Uh, no, just when there is an opportunity to act on it, I suppose. I hadn’t really given it a lot of thought.”

He stroked her cheek. “Have you ever realized that the missing piece of yourself was suddenly standing right in front of you, and all you want is to lose yourself while becoming whole?”

She smiled shyly. “Nothing like that. I liked your wings the moment I saw them and wished that I could have a set of my own.” She looked him in the eye. “When my energy first expanded outside my own body, I knew that I was going to be alone. Developing the awareness of desire is not something I did anything with, aside from seeing it in others.”

He blinked. “What?”

“I could cause a sexual response, but I didn’t feel one. I mean... then. Now, I have no idea if that is what is going on.” She drew in a deep breath. “But I am pretty sure I want to find out.”

Axl grinned. “Really? With me?”

She huffed and ducked out of his embrace, walking over and taking a seat on the blanket next to the picnic basket.

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