Grey Lake Phoenix (Grey Lake Shifters Book 6) by K.L. King

Author:K.L. King [King, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38

Aiden’s phoenix flew through the air, relishing the feel of the wind on his feathers.

“This is incredible! I wonder if it’ll ever seem boring,” he mused to his beast.

“I doubt it. It’s the best feeling ever to soar above the world,” the phoenix answered. “The only thing better is being with our mate. I hated being alone.”

Aiden agreed wholeheartedly.

Even though he now got to live with his mate, they hardly had the time to explore their new relationship. It was two days after Amber’s attempted kidnapping, and, with the bakery still closed for repairs, Aiden had been training nearly every minute that he wasn’t sleeping or eating. There simply wasn’t time to waste.

“At least we get to be with him and keep him safe,” the phoenix offered.

While that was certainly true, Aiden wanted more.

“No time for ruminating now. I feel your mind wandering. We need to focus,” the beast said.

Deacon and Finn had set up an obstacle course for him out in the woods on the outskirts of Grey Lake. He swooped down and ignited a torch that had been set up on top of some metal barrels. He then completed a circuit of loops around several trees, following Mac in eagle form as she raced ahead of him.

Hours earlier, Aiden had reluctantly left his sister and Jamie back at the Jensen homestead with Heath and Ted for protection. He knew they were both ferocious shifters and could defend themselves, but after what Aiden’s father had done to Jamie, and Iris almost being killed in a house fire set on their father’s orders, he wasn’t taking any chances with either of them. He even asked Piper to find a protection spell for the two. He wanted them both invisible to his father and his soldiers so they couldn’t be snatched away.

If Piper could make his phoenix invisible, he figured, surely, she could hide Jamie and Iris as well. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. The spell that kept Aiden’s phoenix invisible to all but the Guardians and their mates had been explicitly described to her by Tessa before she transitioned. Piper knew how to initiate and terminate that spell, and could make inanimate objects appear invisible, but hiding other living beings in plain sight to only certain people was beyond her current spellcasting abilities.

“How’s your energy?” Aiden asked his phoenix.

“Little tired, but let’s do a few more runs.”

After several more loops through the trees and igniting several more torches, the phoenix landed safely in a small clearing. Mac circled high above and then followed him, landing delicately to his right.

Aiden smoothly shifted back to his human form. Finn handed him a bag with a change of clothes. “You looked good from down here. How’re you feeling?”

Aiden pulled on his jeans and Henley. “Pretty good. Tired, but less so than the last time I shifted. I think I’m getting the hang of this.”

“Hmpf, we’re getting better at this, you mean,” his phoenix grumbled.

Aiden cleared his throat and chuckled. “I mean, we’re getting better at this.

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