Page 73 of Luna: Posy 2

Posy was linking us, and I wanted to concentrate on her. She said something was wrong with Emerson, which was why they were still sitting in his SUV. My brothers were getting it under control, though, and I knew I'd see our girl in a few minutes. That gave me enough patience to focus on what this itty bitty witchy at my elbow was yammering about.

"I know that, you silly puppy! My mate is the one with midnight black hair right there!" She pointed her pinkie finger at Matthew.

Granite let out a hurt woof at the 'silly puppy' comment, but I figured the poor girl didn't deserve any more payback than having Matthew as her mate.

"That's Mase's beta, Matthew Rose. Good luck, tiny." I patted her head and she pouted up at me. "Go say hi."

With a happy squeal, she took off across the yard at a dead run. Thankfully, Matthew was quick, both in intelligence and reflexes. I saw it in his face the second he realized his mate was hurtling toward him. His bright blue eyes grew wide with surprise, then joy, and he grinned and held out his arms to catch her.

"What's my mate's name, please, alpha?" Sara asked, which was much more polite and subdued thananythingI'd heard out of her mouth since I'd met her. "He arrived in that black pick-up truck with Maria's mate."

I looked where she was pointing to see Crew with his nose up and his nostrils spread wide. Although his usual calm expression never faltered, I could see his eyes glowing with wolf-light.

"Crew Myers. He's Jay's beta."

"Thank you, Alpha Wyatt." She inclined her head, then began to walk gracefully across the yard.

"Is she bipolar?" I asked Angelo out of the side of my mouth.

"She's a water witch. Everyone thinks it's the fire witches that are the hardest to deal with, but it's really the water ones. Fire is always going to burn and you know it. You just adjust for how high and hot the flames get. Water, though?" He let out a low whistle. "Think of the ocean and how it can go from becalmed to hurricane in a heartbeat, and that's a water witch."

"Out of curiosity, what about air and earth witches?"

"No experience with earth witches. I've heard they're the most calm and easygoing, but also the most powerful. It takes a lot to get them to lose their temper, but when they do, they wreck everything. Thepiccoli uccelli(little birds) want to find one so they have a full coven. That's been on their radar for a couple of years now. Anyway, as for air witches, can't you tell anything from meeting Ariel and Maria?"

"Not really." I shrugged. "Jay and Mase probably have it figured out, but I don't pay enough attention. And I've only talked to either of them for maybe ten minutes in total. Ididnotice that they're both very kind."

"Theyarekind and crazy intelligent, but flighty as the birds they shift into. What my grandpa called book smart and life dumb. They get upset rather than angry, although they can be pushed too far. When that happens, watch out. Maria especially likes to throw things, and she doesn't need her hands to do it."

"Ha ha ha!" I laughed as I envisioned the future with witches in the pack. "Tristan would never purposely do anything to make Ariel angry, but Matthew is going to have some interesting times ahead."

"What about this Crew guy? Is a water witch going to be too much for him?"

"Nah. He's about the most zen guy you'll ever meet. Ha ha ha! I remember one time, I accidentally set his shoe on fire and dude just took it off and casually threw it into the fire pit. Didn't even get mad at me. Ha ha ha!"

Angelo looked over at me with furrowed brows.

"How do you accidentally set—"

"To be honest, I don't even know." I shrugged and made an 'oh, well' face. "Things like that happen around meallthe time."

"Your poor mate," he muttered.

"Speaking of," my heartbeat accelerated as shefinallygot out of the vehicle, "here she comes!"

With that, I took off, aware that my brothers were running with me.

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Angelo del Vecchio

If they thought about it at all, my cousins believed I was straight. Or at least, I thought they did. With witches, it was hard to know. They saw so much, but could be blind little bats, too.

And sometimes, just the 'little bats' part.

I never had any magic. Not even a fizzle. No one could tell me why.

I never got my animal spirit when I turned twelve, either. Again, no one could explain it.

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