“That look,” Mason confirmed. “You know, for being an archangel, he does seem quite happy matchmaking, like The Bachelor.”
It was my turn to give Mason a look. “You watch The Bachelor?”
He looked away and took a long sip of wine. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Mason.”
“Blame Hope! Between that and Disney, it was the only way she’d go out of my rooms some days.”
“I’m glad she did.” I grabbed his hand.
“Me too.”
“Now, I really am Lion King.” He seemed overjoyed at this. “Or Wolf King, but it’s practically the same thing.”
Alex just happened to walk by and start singing the African theme song but not before Cassius snapped his fingers and lit part of Alex’s leather pants on fire.
Hope dumped her wine on them and laughed.
“The world is in good hands.” I smiled into my wine glass.
Mason turned his eyes to me and held my
gaze. “Yes. It is.”
Hours later, I heard the howling, the singing as Mason said. He gripped my hand in his and guided me outside to the trees, a few of the goddesses were gathered around a campfire smiling into the flames, as men and women shed their human skin.
And looked to the moon.
Wolves. So many of them. Eyes closed, singing to the stars as they shone down on all of our faces. I’d never seen so many stars in my life. Thousands, millions of them seemed to be shining just for the wolves.
In honor of creation.
Mason brushed a kiss on my cheek and whispered. “Listen.”
He was the most massive of them all, wolves parted, like the royalty he was as he walked through, transforming into the massive beast I’d come to love just as much as the man, and when he lifted his head to the Heavens to howl.
All I heard was music.
The songs of creation, coming from a deep, gorgoues voice that sent chills down my spine.
He spoke of the stars.
Of the earth.
Of secrets I was too afraid to think on too long for fear they would get set free into the universe.
He was glorious.
Beautiful.
Mine.
And when he finished the song, a beam of light singled him out as pieces of dust lifted into the air and twirled around each wolf like the earth was dancing.
I smiled as he gave his fur a shake and then glanced back at me with nothing but love in his eyes.
Our future was uncertain.