Page 5 of Miles's Pact
Oooh, I make a mean mac and cheese! Miles, keep Duckie company, and I'll go make us some dinner, okay?
Miles made a hooting sound of agreement, and Mateo shifted back, and took his time as he got dressed, not at all ashamed of his nakedness. I supposed most shifters lost their shyness when they grew up shifting between forms.
I wondered what I looked like now. Were my curls as wild as they'd been when I was a kid? Was I skin and bones, or did I have some muscles? I'd eaten well since I arrived at the pet shelter, but before that, all I'd had for a few weeks was duck feed. When I'd been free, I'd eaten fish, and any human food I could get access to. It hadn't been bad, but I'd never, ever chanced upon a bowl of mac and cheese.
Do you know where we are? I don't know how much Rebba told you, Miles said, bringing my attention back to him. He'd hopped a little closer to the tub I was in.
She said the town is called Mistvale, but that's about all I know.
Mistvale is a little tourist town, and we have a very high supe population because the town is guarded by a dragon, and that attracts supes from all over. His name is Raiden, and he makes sure all the residents of this town are protected. We also have mages, vampires, shifters, more dragons, a griffin, an incubus, a gargoyle, elves, a forest spirit, a unicorn, and basilisks. And those are just the people in our clan. There are other supes too, and some humans who are mated to them.
I blinked as I processed that information. I'd never seen a dragon, or a unicorn. Hell, I'd never even come across a vampire. I didn't know much about any of the beings he'd mentioned, and to think they were all around me...
Somehow, though, I didn't feel afraid. Or at least, not as terrified as I'd thought I would be. Something about this townmade me feel like everything would work out, and I didn't know what to do with that.
That sounds... overwhelming, I settled on saying, and a burst of amusement passed through our bond.
Trust me, I know. I was ten when I got here, and yeah, it was overwhelming as fuck. But in a good way. In the best way.
Ten? Had his family moved here from somewhere else? Before I could ask, he started telling me more about the town, about the ongoing renovations that would make the town more tourist-friendly while also discouraging humans from settling here so Mistvale could be a safe town for supes. It sounded genius, to be honest, and I wanted to go out and see the town for myself.
Dinner's ready!Mateo announced in my mind, and I hopped out of the tub, shaking my feathers on the bathmat so I wouldn't trail water all over their house.
You should shift back, I said as Miles glanced between me and the pile of his clothes, and he nodded before doing just that.
While I hadn't paid it much mind when Mateo had shifted, for some reason my eyes lingered on Miles as he put his clothes on, and I jerked my gaze away when he found me watching, hurrying out of the bathroom and toward the scent of warm cheese.
I didn't know how long I could make this work without these two wanting me to shift, but I hoped I got to spend a few good weeks with them before they got tired of waiting.
