Savage King: New Worlds (The Crystal Kingdom Book 5) by Milly Taiden

Author:Milly Taiden [Taiden, Milly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Latin Goddess Press, Inc.
Published: 2020-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Wren and her cousins told the elders about their epic failed adventure to get back to Grandmom’s. The listeners took everything in stride, not interrupting to ask questions or giving them looks that called out bullshit. Wren left out the part about the tiger and Zee. She didn’t feel he needed to be a part of it. What did he matter?

“So, here we are,” Wren wrapped up, “needing to find a way to make the stones work to open a portal or some other means to get back to Earth or the Crystal Kingdom.”

The older Gnoleons got up and formed a circle, whispered to each other. Haml brought them another cup of water.

He said, “The three of you are like nothing we have seen in our dimension.”

“You don’t get many visitors?” Wren asked with a smile.

He chuckled. “No, not from off our planet.”

“What’s your position in the hierarchy?” Lilah asked him, batting her lashes.

Wren rolled her eyes and cupped a hand over her mouth. Leaning toward her cousin, she whispered behind her palm, “Stop hitting on him already.”

Her cousin frowned. “I’m not—”

Daphne leaned closer to their eternal flirt. “You are to. You just don’t know it.”

“Fine,” Lilah grumped. “I won’t say anything until we’re home.”

Wren and Daph shared a look. They knew that wasn’t going to happen.

Haml smiled. Wren thought his cheeks may have been a little pink under the dark skin. “I’m the alpha’s second. We work together with the elders to make decisions and run the village.”

Wren glanced at Iridia listening to the group of elders. “I’m surprised that your alpha is a woman. Not that I’m complaining. But in most shifter books on Earth, a male is always the alpha with another male beta.”

A shadow crossed Haml’s face. Wren remained quiet to see if he would explain. Instead, he glanced out to the village. “Being male or female matters little to us except for reproduction and work requiring physical strength that magic cannot do.”

“That’s awesome,” Wren said. “I doubt humans will ever get there unless there are changes that aren’t possible in society right now.”

The elders adjourned their impromptu meeting and walked back to their seats by the bonfire. The woman who put magic catnip in her ear stood several feet in front of the older group and lifted the gnarled staff in her hand then slammed it onto the ground.

A vibration rose from Wren’s feet, up through her legs and torso. She felt an incredible urge to get as close to the woman as possible. Glancing at her friends, she knew they felt it too by their wide eyes and bodies leaning forward as if to jump up and run the few yards to the woman.

A low roar behind her turned her around on her seat. It seemed all the children and several adults were stampeding toward them. As she watched, children of all ages crammed in around Wren and her cousins, forming a ring around the elder with the staff.

Wren felt her shirt move and looked back to see a little girl was feeling the material.

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