Page 13 of Saved By Her Guardian
He nodded and turned on his heels.
“Azure?”
“Yeah, boss?”
“Don’t fuck up.”
“I won’t.”
Jack settled back in his chair as the door closed and smiled to himself.He wondered how long it would be before his guest showed up.Hopefully not too long.The days of December would pass quickly, and he needed to be able to take out his brother so he could assume control of the world’s magic.
This reaper didn’t know it, but she was going to help Jack Frost become Santa and turn the world to darkness.
* * *
Maverick felt positively shitty by the time he got back to the leap’s territory.He hated leaving Aralyn, but she couldn’t come with him to Northernmost, and he couldn’t stay in Eldermoor.She was right that they both had duties to attend to and even though they were truemates, they’d only just met.He could walk away from his responsibilities at the North Pole, but to what end?And what would happen when she got a different assignment?He was part of the leap in Wildwood Crossing, and he had a boss too.Two of them, actually—Knox and Ivy.Knox would skin him alive if he tried to just walk away from his responsibilities at the Well without making proper arrangements.
“Hey!Where the hell have you been?”Chase demanded.“Your grandma woke me up at dawn asking about you.She said you didn’t come back last night.”
Maverick stopped at the clearing.“It’s a long story.Do you know if Knox is awake yet?”
“Yeah, I think so.We have to leave soon though.”
“I know.”
They walked to the alphas’ house and Maverick found himself spilling his proverbial guts to his alpha about his reaper truemate, her assignment to the ancient church, and the fact she had to reap to replenish her magic and would eventually become human if she didn’t get an appropriate assignment.
Knox’s brows were high on his forehead as Maverick finished word-vomiting the last eight hours of his life to his alpha.He stopped pacing and sat heavily in a chair across from Knox’s desk and ran a hand through his hair.
“Well, hell.”
Maverick snorted.“I know.I don’t know what to do.I want to help her, but I have no way to do that.And I need to be in Northernmost because that’s my job until after Santa gets home safely on Christmas Day.No one in security would be okay with me running back here through a portal every night to spend time with her.Hell, they asked us all to only take time off early this month and to skip our usual family gatherings closer to the holidays because of how Frost is abducting warlocks and witches.”
“Right,” Knox said.“You have her number though.It sucks, but you can at least be in touch with her.And it’s already the fourth, so there are only twenty-one more days to go until you’ll have free time.Then you can figure things out.”
“What does that even look like?She’s a reaper, and she’s Grim’s niece.Imagine pissing offthatguy.”
Knox hummed.“Good point.Listen, I don’t know what’s going to happen with her situation, but reapers aren’t evil.They tend to be more neutral than anything when it comes to the scales of magic.It’s why Frost doesn’t abduct them.Their counterparts are witches and warlocks who have good magic—you know, the balance of life and death.So at least you don’t have to worry about her getting abducted.”
“That’s true.”
“And hey, if what needs to happen is that you leave your post at the Well after Christmas and go wherever she gets assigned when her uncle changes his mind, then that’s what you’ll do.We go where our soulmates need us to be because that’s what it means to care about someone.I wouldn’t exile you from the leap unless you wanted to join with another leap.”
“You wouldn’t?”
“Hell no.Your grandma would come after me with a rolling pin.”
Maverick grinned.“Yeah, she would.”
Knox stood, and so did Maverick.The two walked out of the office and onto the front porch.It was a chilly morning, but for damn sure it was colder at the Well.“Listen, you go do your job and stay in touch with your mate.While you two figure things out, keep me posted.If I can do anything for you as a couple or you personally, let me know.”
“Thanks, Knox.”
“Sure.Now go talk to your grandma before she sends out the security team to find your ass and drag you home before you go back to the Well.”
“I will.”
He walked down the steps and out into the yard, turning to the left to head to his grandma’s house.He’d tell her about his truemate and the problems they were facing before they really even got to know each other.He couldn’t believe he’d met his mate, and he was leaving her behind to go to Northernmost for the next few weeks.
