Page 29 of Enchanted Crown
Owen made a choking sound from behind me.
All of these people were too much today. And here I was, just trying to get things done. “I promise my best to not hurt you, Savanna. But please do watch us heal Kian so you feel more comfortable.”
She pressed her large snout into my chest, and I ignored her slimy nostrils.Thank you, Keir.
I turned to Krew with a smirk on my face.
“Ready to do this?” he asked me.
I nodded. “It’s going to take a minute to seek out all the poison.”
Krew shot me a cocky grin. “No, it’ll takeyoua minute to seek out all the poison.”
“Ready, Kian?”
He gave us a little roar and shook his body as his affirmative response.
Releasing our magic at the same time, we sent a decent amount at Kian, wrapping around him and making him glow instantly.
Krew was sending his to seek out the poison and strengthen mine at the same time. Sure enough, in only a little more than a minute, I felt that sharpening on our magic.
“Ready?” I asked Krew.
“Dammit it’s heavy,” he offered, taking one step back.
“It always is,” I responded.
And then we yanked, tearing all the poison out of Kian. I was right. It was entirely easier doing this with Krew, whose magic could combine with my own.
Owen took care of the black mass floating in the water for us.
There in the water stood a young man with blond hair.Someone I cared for like a younger brother. “Good to see you in this form,” I told Kian.
He let out a loud laugh. “This is nuts!” He spun around and tested out his human legs.
My eyes went to Esta’s at the shore. “He is exactly how I pictured him.”
Kian tucked his fist under his chin in a pose. “Handsome, you mean?”
“Young and full of life,” I countered, already moving toward him. “You never disappoint, Kian.”
He stopped and I could see the weight of the exhaustion fall over his face like a blanket. “Nor do you, Keir. Nor do you.” I caught him before he smacked his head into the ground.
I carried him over to Esta.
“No burn out feelings yet?” Esta asked me.
She was starting to be a worried old hen. “No.”
She looked to Owen before looking to Krew and then to me. “The two of you using your powers together. You’re... formidable.”
Krew shot her a grin. “We prefer it this way.”
“Easier to fix kingdoms this way,” I added.
Within five minutes, Savanna was also in her human form. She looked as thin as Esta was those first few days. All the shifters we healed did, for that matter.
I wasn’t tired yet though. Not even close. “Hey, Samori?”
