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My eyes shine with tears of joy. “I wanted to climb you like a tree and never come down.” I grin widely at the silly confession.

Oakes smiles at the visuals. “I would have been surprised, but I would have allowed you to do whatever you wanted to me. My body is yours.”

I wrap my legs around his torso and move my heels to bring him closer. “Now let me feel you.”

His electric touch is exactly what I need. As the mate bonds overwhelm my senses, I can distinguish his touch even as I get lost in it. My mark burns hot, and I wonder if Oakes can feel the heat too.

Then the orgasmic wave of our connection hits me.

My body responds to Oakes’ mate bond.

My back arches off the ground, and I freeze with the powerful pulse of release, both physically and emotionally.

We are healed.

We are whole again.

“Oakes?”I mentally call, hoping he can hear me, fearing he won’t.

I hold my breath, searching his eyes for evidence that our telepathic bond has emerged again.

“Wyn, my treasure,”he replies in my mind.

My mouth crashes against his.

With the mate bonds swirling around me, my spirit seems to float out of my body and travels into the cosmos, swimming in the starry abyss, expanding beyond anything I have ever known.

Then I return to the earth, where Eldrin and Jaden are beside me, both kissing the sides of my face and Oakes is cradled between my shaking legs.

After taking time to revel in our rekindled mate bonds, we reluctantly start putting our clothes back on. The world beyond the faerie circle won’t wait forever.

With a bit of worry, I sense that our mate bonds are back, but fragile. As if they could shatter if strained in any way.

Oakes straightens his shirt and asks me, “Do you feel up to seeing if your mirror magic works?”

I could use the distraction, and this is a good one. “I need to try so that we know what we have in our magical arsenal.” I wonder which power will be the easiest to access first.

Oakes’ healing energy is the most beneficial to attempt. Eldrin and Jaden still aren’t quite healed from their stay in my father’s dungeon and its iron shackles. I don’t know if they will be drained further with me mirroring their magic, so I draw upon the sensation of pure healing energy pouring through me.

Just remembering how close to death Jaden was while shackled in the irons triggers an electric tingling in my hands.

I place my palms on Jaden’s chest. “Do you feel it?”

He tilts his head back and basks in my touch. “Yes.”

I then reach out and place a hand on Eldrin. He moans with relief. The aches are washing away.

“Good.” Oakes smiles happily and joins me in helping to heal them.

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RENEWED

ELDRIN

“Now, we need to see what Eldrin can do with his influencer magic.” Oakes says to Wyn, “And if you can amplify his ability.”

My whole body tenses. There’s so much riding on my magic. What if I have little to no control to use it properly?

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