Page 37 of Forgotten Arcane

Instead of normal human pupils, mine are now slit like a dragons, and the same copper as my wings, with gold flecks in them. They’re mesmerizing, andsuch a contrast to my normal eyes that they probably shock me more than any of the other changes.

“Are you okay?” Ransom asks me gently.

I nod, “Yeah, I think my eyes are just a bit of a shock.”

Coen moves so that I can see him in the mirror, he stands next to me, and his eyes turn into those of his dragon.

He grins, “We match.”

I nod a smile, replacing my frown, “We do. I like that.”

River stands on my other side and shifts his eyes too, “All predator shifters have eyes like ours.”

His eyes are the same shape as the two of us, and my smile widens even more. Griff and Reed suddenly appear in the mirror beside us, their eyes shifted to match ours as well. All of our eyes are different colors and slightly different in shape, but the vertical slit is the same for all of us, and my eyes don’t seem quite so foreign to me anymore.

“Oh, I never knew that,” I reply to River.

He nods, “Yeah. Most shifters and demons have similar eyes, and we already know that you are a kind of shifter because of the way that your wings work.”

“I guess that makes sense,” I reply. “I like them, it’s just going to take a moment to get used to them.”

“That’s understandable,” Van replies.

“You know you could probably shift them and your fangs back, but keep your wings out if you wanted to,” Reed suggests.

I nod, and then just like they’ve taught me so far, I focus on my eyes and fangs, and turn them back to normal. When I glance in the mirror that Ransom still has up, I grin, I’m back to normal. However, normal might be relative because as I run my tongue over my teeth, I have to admit that I miss my fangs already. They looked bad ass.

“Ready to try flying?” Raiden asks excitedly. His wings rustling behind him.

I nod, “Absolutely.”

Everyone smiles, and then those who aren’t participating head back to their seats, and the others stay with me.

“We already know that you can move them without too much effort since you brought one closer to have a look at,” Griff starts. “So this next thing should be fairly easy, just don’t put too much thought into it. It’s a part of your nature, and it will come naturally so long as you don’t overthink it.”

I nod, “Okay, so like if you think about breathing too much, you forget how to breathe?”

They all just stare at me for a moment.

“I think that might be a you thing, Nene,” Evander comments from the sidelines.

I frown, “Really? You guys don’t get that?” They all shake their heads, “Huh, well, you learn something new every day.”

Still smiling, Griff tries to get us back on track, “Right, so at first all I want you to do is try to flap your wings, okay? We’re not going to leave the ground, but I want you to get used to the movement. Ready to try?”

Feeling like a bobble head, since all I seem to be doing is nodding, I nod again.

I do as he instructed, and I’m pleased to find that it’s relatively easy, although the ground is getting in the way of me doing it properly, and my feet actually come off the floor slightly.

“Great job,” Griff praises.

“Well done, Neith,” Reed adds with a smile. “Now, for the actual flying part. You can either start from where you are now, so from a standstill or you can run and jump, remembering to flap your wings, which is much easier.”

“I think I’ll go for option two,” I reply without much thought. “The easier I can make this, the better.”

“Good idea,” Reed replies. “We’ll do the same, and you can watch us, so you get an idea for what you’ve got to do, and then you can follow along.”

“I know it seems obvious, but don’t forget to flap your wings,” Raiden tells me.

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