Saving Windfall (MXM)

Chapter Twenty-four: An Angry Alpha And An Excited Luna

"Pet, feel, touch? Basically the same, but yes, you can, Dax says," Jess replies, relaying to them what I said. They nod then step forward and runs their fingers through my fur.

"Wow, your fur is much softer then I thought it would be," Darius says as he begins scratching behind my right ear.

'Now I know why dogs like being scratched behind their ears,' I say as I lean into his hand. Jess repeats my words which gets a light laugh from them both in return.

Not noticing that Russell had come through the portal, I am startled when I hear him tell Jess to go to the guest house with a stern tone. I then turn around and look him in the eyes.

'She was relaying what I was saying to them, you could have been a bit nicer,' I growl as he looks into my eyes.

'Dax, no one will go unpunished for betraying the pack, mated or not. This is not a 'forgive but remember' situation. This is a 'punish and remember, maybe forgive' situation. Speaking of which, as all of you can hear this,' Russ says as I just realize I didn't switch to our mate link. 'I forbid any of you to tell Jess any more plans of ours until we can get rid of the Witch mark on her. That includes you Charlie,' Russell says emphasizing his words with his power as an Alpha.

'That does make sense,' I admit then continue, 'though I think you should still be a smidgen nicer.'

"What's going on? Why are they staring each other down like that?" Mirana asks in a confused tone.

"Russell and Dax are having a disagreement," Orion answers as he passes by us.

'Dax, I am not trying to be rude by saying this but, I have more experience in dealing with pack business like this, then you do, so I will handle it my way,' he says unwaveringly. I just growl in response and without another word, I walk away from him towards the guest house. I hear Russell sigh from behind me, followed by the sound of his foot steps as he begins walking as well.

'Tell my parents that everything is fine and that I said that I will see them tomorrow morning for training. Also tell them I said good night,' I tell Russ as I step into the house. 'And tell them I am just frustrated with you but will probably be fine in the morning,' I add.

I shrink down to the size of a normal Wolf then walk into our room. After jumping up onto the bed, I find a comfortable spot and lay down. I don't realize how drained I am 'till after I lay my head down and almost a minute later, I am fast asleep.

~Russell's POV~

I wake up the next day with Dax snuggled up against my stomach, still in his Wolf form. The smaller version of him is just so cute that I continue to lay here until he wakes up. About twenty minutes later, I watch him stretch out and yawn, letting out an adorable whine.

'Are you still mad at me?' I ask as he stands up and looks at me with his beautiful multicolored eyes.

'No, just a little annoyed but not mad,' he pauses for a second. 'Listen though, I am sorry. I have just learned that I really don't like going to bed mad at you,' he admits. I chuckle softly before responding.

'It's ok darling,' I coo as he crawls up and licks my cheek. 'I love you,' I tell him while I take his head in my hands and kiss his wet nose.

'I love you too,' Dax says happily, swishing his tail back and forth while standing over me. He then returns to the normal size his Wolf should be and shifts back to his human form. I look at his sexy husky body that now lays on top of me. I put my hands on his sides then slid him up to me so that his face is inches from mine. Kissing him deeply, I close my eyes and relish in his touch as he runs his hands through my hair. Suddenly there is a knock at the door, followed by the voice of Dante.

"Hey, Dax's par- Oh my god the arousal is too much, I will let them know you are busy," Dante says with a cough.

"No its ok, tell them I am up and will be there in a second," Dax says after he breaks off the kiss. I whine causing Dax to shake his head. "We can continue this tonight if you want," he says wiggling his eyebrows, giving me a wink.

I chuckle then nod, letting him get dressed. When he bends over to pull on his boxers, I growl seductively as I watch his belly bunch up and jiggle a little. Dax looks at me then begins to do a 'sexy dance,' as he calls it, which causes all of his upper body to jiggle and bounce a little.

"Mmm, so sexy," I say with another little growl. Dax shakes his head amused then pulls on a black pair of shorts. He quickly finds a dark colored tee shirt that he slips on then gives me a chaste kiss before walking out to meet his parents.

A few minuets later he tells me though the link that his parents want to give him something but thinks its best that I am there to share in his excitement, so I quickly get dressed and walk out to meet up with them too.

Once I show up, his parents give me huge smiles.

"This is a once in a life time thing for a Witch," Darius starts, "and we have been dreaming of the day when we can actually present you with your own talisman, Daxera." I watch excitedly as Dax's eyes light up when Mirana hands him a small mahogany box with different symbols carved into it. Dax opens the box to see a black ring that has a purple crystal in the center with a silver colored wolf head on the left of the crystal, and the Witch crest, the tree of life, on the right.

Dax and I both gawk at its beauty.

"It is made from black zirconium and cobalt chrome with an amethyst crystal," Mirana says excitedly as Dax pulls it from the box then slips it onto his thumb. "Now, you can transform it into a staff, mainly for offensive spells, a scepter, for defensive spells, and a wand, for pretty much any other spell," Mirana explains.

"But first you need to claim it by holding in both hands while pushing your energy into it, that way it will be yours and only yours," Darius informs him as I watch Dax pull the ring off his finger.

"It should normally-" Mirana begins but stops mid sentence as she watches Dax sit on the ground, cross his legs, close his eyes, holding the ring between his hands, then visibly, but slowly, pull a massive amount of energy from all around us into him.

How am I seeing him pull energy from the world? I ask myself as I watch.

Eventually that stops then we can see as he pushes the energy he gathered from himself, into the ring, causing a silver glow to come from between his hands. Once he is done he opens his eyes to reveal that they are his wolf eyes but they have a silvery ring around the colors now. "-take a few tries," she finishes shocked at what she'd just witnessed.

"So he is powerful enough to cast a spell without a talisman," Irelia states shocked from behind me. I would have turned and looked at her, but I can't take my proud gaze off Dax. He slips the newly claimed ring onto his finger as his eyes slowly return to their normal left green and right blue colors.

"That was exhilarating!" Dax says excitedly. He then sees the looks on everyone's faces. "Was it not supposed to be that easy?" He asks nervously, holding his hands behind himself.

"No," Irelia states then continues, "but that is a nod to your power as a Witch. Not many have the power that you seem to posses, but you need to work on control. If you don't it could very well end up killing you," she adds seriously. Dax nods then looks at Darius and Mirana.

"Ready to teach me?" He asks still with excitement still in his tone, though now, he is more subdued.