Chapter 0648

Luca hesitates, starting to close down the bond a bit.

"Please," I beg, shaking my head at him. "Don't get freaked out - this is...this is part of who I am."

Luca stares at me for a long moment but then nods, re-opening the bond.

Jackson takes my other hand and I turn my head to him, eager warmth building in me.

"What are you doing?" Cora whispers, confused and fascinated. My mom stands next to her with her hands pressed to her cheeks, thrilled.

"Get goin', trouble," Jackson murmurs, leaning forward to press a kiss to my forehead.

I lean towards him a little, not able to help it, a little laugh sputtering from me.

But then I turn my gaze to the pile of wood in front of me - not the little log, the big one.

And I set it ablaze.

towards it, watching the fire rage, much more powerfully and higher than it should for just that little pile of

from every direction towards it. A rich, eager joy builds in my chest and with every heartbeat pulses through my entire body as I watch the flames climb higher into the air, carried on the waves of Luca's wind, powered by

my heat

Mine.

don't look at him - at anyone. Don't have time for it or interest in anything

of

time with my heart. My blood sings as the vortex climbs towards the sky, dancing higher, eager and burning and full of grace. It's a wild, passionate thing - a song,

-.

stretch her legs.

and as full of joy as me. Us in

wolf howl too, so proud and fierce he could

me, licking at the sky, turning and turning in the wind that brings it

- which has never not been part of my life. He pads

I...I think I'm

this," Jesse murmurs, stepping closer to me. I turn

to him, taking

but having no fear that doing so will make

after all. It

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