Page 298 of Nobody's Girl

Laura leans up to see them better. “How do you communicate?”

Alyssa meets her stare. “Tell Kyle anything you want. Any little detail or a long detail. Anything you want. Then he’ll tell me, only he won’t be speaking to me out loud.”

“This is crazy,” Laura says, then pulls Kyle back and whispers quietly into his ear.

Kyle’s eyes go wide and he smiles. “Maybe you should say something else. Because this is real, Laura, and that just might bite you in the ass.”

“Just do your little party trick, Kyle,” Laura says with more than a touch of sarcasm. “Only I want to stand behind Ally, so I can make sure you don’t mouth the words to her.”

Laura moves to stand behind my mate and watches Kyle like a hawk. Alyssa’s cheeks turn red as Kyle sends her whatever it was Laura said to him. She looks up at Laura and says, “You dirty girl. You better come here and let me whisper that back to you, or you will die of embarrassment.”

Laura’s smirk fades as she leans down and Alyssa whispers in her ear. She stands back up and says, “No fucking way!”

Alyssa nods her head, as does Kyle. Laura throws her arms in the air and goes back to her chair, plopping down on it. “Okay, how’d you do that?”

“Telepathy,” Alyssa says, then takes a sip of wine. “If you don’t mind, Laura, I’m starving, so let’s get this all out in the open and as you eat the delicious dinner we’re about to be served, you can let it all settle into your mind.”

Laura gives a faint nod and Kyle wraps his arm around her shoulders. “Go for it, Al. I won’t let her run off or pass out.”

Alyssa smiles, then says, “Eden and I can transform into large—well, maybe large is too small of a word. Do you think large is adequate, Eden?”

“I like the word giant. It suits us better,” I answer.

Alyssa nods in agreement. “You’re right. We can transform into giant birds. They call us Phoenixes and we help people. Along with that little gift, we have telepathy with each other. I also have it with Kyle. That’s all the gifts we’ve been given so far. Oh, yeah, and we can make things happen. Like I made you sit and shook the glasses. Little things like that. I don’t know if Kyle can.”

Laura turns her head to look at Kyle. “You have some type of powers too?”

He shrugs. “I’m extra strong and I think I can sense danger, but I need to practice that more.”

“Why?” Laura asks.

“That’s an excellent question, Laura,” Alyssa says. “Eden and I were chosen before our births by Our Creator. The wedding was not a theme wedding. It was an ancient one. Galchobar, here, is an immortal. He officiated the very first wedding of the original Phoenix couple.”

“Shut up!” Laura says as her eyes roll to look at Galchobar.

“I will not,” Alyssa says with a laugh.

Laura looks back at Alyssa. “You gave Kyle powers. Can you give me some?”

“It wasn’t me who gave him powers. I don’t have that kind of power. It was Our Creator,” she answers.

Looking up at Kyle, Laura asks, “But why you, Kyle?”

Instead of answering her, he turns to look at my mate. It’s she who answers. “Laura, I’ve had love in my heart for Kyle for several years. As he’s had for me. When the change began to happen in me, he got stuck in my heart. It pulled him along with me.”

“He’s yours?” Laura asks.

My wife nods. “But only a bit of him is. The rest of him can be yours, or whomever he chooses. I belong to him in a way as well. He’s my primary guardian,” she says, then looks back at me. “Please help me think of another name for him, Eden. I detest that title.”

“Of course, princess,” I say as I place a kiss on top of her head. “Laura, he is her protector. Nothing physical can happen between them. You will never lose him to her.”

Kyle looks at my wife and smiles. “You got that right, doesn’t he, Al?”

“Yeah, Romeo. So, with that all said, let’s get our grub on. I’m starving and Laura needs to eat something to help her with the shock.”

Kyle kisses the side of Laura’s head. “You’re stuck with me, baby,” he says. “Say you’ll join us.”

Laura looks at my mate and nods. “How can I refuse? Your secret is mine too now. How about you show me the birds after dinner?”