Page 1 of Magic in His Arms
Chapter One
Krys was standing nextto Sable, and she grinned.“They are on their way.Don’t worry.You get to start learning by watching today.”
Vaia walked out wearing leggings and a sports bra.“They are coming up the drive.”
Sable said, “I thought the dancing was fun, and you wore pretty costumes.”
Vaia chuckled.“That’s when we are performing or learning a new costume.Why?”
“It’s just pretty.”
“You will see the pretty costumes tomorrow.Tonight is to check our movements, placement, and how hard it will be for one member of our troupe to give the blessing.”
“Will it be you?”
“No.It is usually someone trained in luck and blessings.That is Jakada.Her father is a woodland elf, and she’s spectacular to look at.”
“Why?”
“Rich brown skin and ebony hair that hangs to her ankles.Her eyes are leafy green.”
“And I have a bad temper and punch people for a living.”A tall female elf with her dark hair up in a long ponytail came in, her green eyes glittering.Jakada put her gym bag down and smiled.“Hello, you are Sable, right?”
Sable extended her hand.“Hello.”
Jakada closed her fingers around the stone and smiled.“You have a lot of life in you for a dead girl.”
Sable grinned.“You feel like I am touching a tree on a warm day in spring.”
“Why, thank you.Flirt.”Jakada grinned.
Krys laughed.The other ladies arrived, and Jakada pulled a speaker out as well as her phone.“Where are we doing this?”
Jakada grinned at Sable.“So, I hear you want to learn this?”
“The stone body is great, but I think learning to dance will help my confidence and balance.”
“It will.”She grabbed a filmy piece of fabric from her bag, wrapped it around her hips, and then put a jingling belt on top of it.A heavy necklace that covered her breasts went over the sports bra.Shoes came off, and she started to move over the grass.
As the other ladies got ready, Krys wrapped her hips in the coin wrap, and Vaia did the same.At the edge of the property, a small gathering of men came together.
As the other ladies got ready, Krys wrapped her hips in the jingling fabric and noticed that the audience had arrived.Benko had parked a lawn chair, and the other of Neekil’s brothers arrived and took seats.Azreen and Reynal were seated on chairs near the patio.Krys blushed a little, but Jakada started up some warm-up music, and the ladies became focused on moving and swaying.Then the music got sharp, and isolated motions became part of the game.
Krys loved this part as they all whirled and wove together with differences in body size, shape, and grace.They were all women in this moment, and it was extraordinary.
Jakada changed the music to the performance songs, and they all stopped fooling around and got serious.
The magic started under their feet and swarmed up and over their skin, coming out in bright sparks.
When they finished the final graceful meeting and their fingers touched, a star began at their fingertips and flew up to explode, raining tiny glittering bits of magic.
They froze, smiled, and then laughter and hugging with a lot of jingling occurred.
Krys saw Benko standing next to Sable with his hand on her waist.Benko asked, “Krys, you will dance like that tomorrow?”
“Yes.With matching costumes, though.We have something a bit more wedding-appropriate.”
Jakada took her finery off and dropped it in her bag.“So, how many dark elves are there going to be tomorrow?I mean, aside from the four brothers, the groom, and the priest lurking in the bushes?”
