Chapter 27

Jacie couldn't help but smile, as she leaned against his chest, shifting to get comfortable in the space between his legs. It felt right, being in his arms. Alvis grabbed a blanket and tossed it over them before, reclining the chair, watching as she opened her book ready to read. Alvis couldn't help but smile as he ran his fingers through her hair, smelling her sweet natural scent. Never before has he be so content; with his mate in his lap and comfortable with his touch, he was happy. Besides the attack, this had been the perfect day with her. He shut his eyes, a smile on his face. 'Many have fallen from the Old Kingdom, hunted for their uniqueness but there was a time when there were more than 20 types of canine and feline shifters. Even rarer were the shifters who descended from the amphibian line. If Shifters are continued to be hunted, they will fall extinct in less than a hundred years...' Jacie scowled at the paragraph that she just read, s