Mason on âGo! Xander! Go, Mason, you next!â Greyson had shifted into his dragon form, so the words came out ona hiss of steam.
bar.
| couldn't get over the fact that dragons could talk.
âWhat if our wolves could talk when we're in that form?â | grunted as | jumped up to grab the first ladder Xander was one set of rungs ahead of me, his long legs dangling over the spi k e-li ned pit below us.
âCan't...
imagine...theyâd have much...f uck!â
As one of his hands slipped, he swung from the other. | kicked his side a bit to get him swinging close enough so he could grab the rung again. We hung side by side, panting. The pit looked way too close.
âIf we fall in there, we could die,â he said with a grow!
âGuess we'd better not f ucking fall in there, brother.â grinned and rocked my body again to get moving from rung to rung.
Greyson was in side. He was still naked. A pattern of what his human form by the time we got to the att looked like scales gleamed faintly on his skin.
He grinned at us both. âNice work.â
âYou all are not playing around,â Xander said with admiration.
| grabbed a bottle of water from the icy barrel next to Greyson and drank half of it before | spoke. âWe're even better as our wolves. You probably feel the same as your dragon.â
âWhy do you think | was in that form? If either of you fell, | couldâve reached you in seconds with one wing.
Kept you from ending up looking like porcupines instead of wolves.â Greyson laughed as he pulled on a pair of sweatpants. âAnd your wolves could not have crossed that ladder. No fingers.â
Xander drank some water âCouldâve jumped it, though.â
âNo s hit. Really?â Greyson looked at the pit, then at Xander He looked impressed âShow meâ
We spent the next couple of hours running each other through our paces As it turned out, wolves could outrun dragone on the ground, but we were no match when a dragon was in the sky Carit breath fire, either, Xander panted under his breath We were behind one of the walls in the training grounds Greyson was circling above, but he was at least a little hampered by the ceiling in open sky, Bungs would be totally different.
| grinned. âF uck yeah, | am. Itâs been too long sitting on our a ss es without doing much of anything Doesn't it feel good to you?â
âYeah.â He leaned back to eye the shadow overhead as a bell rang from outside the training space.
âCan't quite get used to that,â | said as everyone inside returned to their human-shaped forms.
Xander huffed out a laugh, and his wolf blazed for a minute in his eyes. âRight? Like being in school all over again.â
| | scanned the space for Zane and caught sight of him on the far side of the room talking to Greyson and a group of mixed Fae, witch, and vampire.
âHardly any of us here,â | murmured as we got ready to join the others. âNot pureblood, anyway. Not sure how many hybrids.â
Xander also kept his voice pitched low. âBut thatâs not a surprise, all things considered.â
âI'm super pi ssed off we missed out on all of this.â
| gestured toward the groups of men and women congratulating each other on the great workouts we'd all had today. âI hate feeling st upid and kept in the dark.â
He nudged my shoulder with his and scooped up his jeans from where he'd left them. He pulled them on as he said, âMe too.â
âIf | find a way to make the Elders pay, Iâm going to.â pulled on my own jeans and long-sleeved T-shirt, then found my boots.
âlll be right there with you, brother. Zane! Hey!â
Xander waved an arm.
Our Beta turned to us, hands on his hips, with a grin that stretched from ear to ear. âGrey's telling me about this sweet setup setup heâs got for supes that can fly.â
âSo we're not hampered by the roof,â Greyson said, pointing upward. âNot that you boys would know. anything about flying.â
âYeah, yeah, | said, not taking the bait.
Xander slung an arm around Zaneâs shoulders for a moment. âDragons fly. Lanie said vampires can, too.â
âSome can. Witches can, but not on their own. They need a spelled object. Fae can, of course, but itâs more like hovering or gliding for them.â Greyson looked at Zane. âIâm happy to show you, if youâre interested.â
Zane shot us both a look âThat sounds awesome, man. Do either of you ?â
âYou go ahead,â | said before my brother could answer âWe'll catch up with you laterâ
| had things | needed to talk about with my brother He was the only one who'd understand.
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