Watching Jay, Kevin had forgotten about the Senate members. The pompous bastards weren't looking so confident any more. They looked tired and defeated.

Adalberto turned to Jaynell, his eyes going from the 120 *

bodies to the enormous dragon. "I'd heard rumors about your avatar and your skills, young Jay. When you are done with your studies, I'd be honored if you'd consider a place on our Senate. We need young blood." He tilted his head towards Thomas. "Your mate would be welcome to stay with us too. We could use a consultant to help us with interspecies relations."

Kevin held back his laughter at the thought of the rough werewolf being a shifter diplomat. He had to give his friend credit. Jay handled the entire thing with his usual calm manner.

Jay shook the senator's hand. "Maybe some day.

Right now I have a lot more to learn."

Kevin watched as the senators grabbed the headmaster and Edward and went back out through another vortex.

Jay walked up to Thomas, letting out a shriek when the big wolf picked him up and crushed him. There was an unsettling pop.

"Ow."

Thomas gently set his lover down. "What's wrong?"

"When they dumped me down here, I think they cracked a few of my ribs. I guess they didn't care about the quality of the body since they only wanted my magic."

"I can fix that," Kevin said 121 *

All the men turned to him.

"Really?" Jay gave him a hopeful smile. "I've got absolutely no medical spells. Maybe you could teach me sometime."

"S-sure, I could do that. I mean some of it is natural because of my elf heritage, but there's a couple I could teach you. I've been thinking of going into healing magic."

Kevin blushed as he admitted his true love. Despite pressure from his father, being a powerhouse wizard really wasn't his style. All he wanted to do was accept James's mating, become a healer, and live happily ever after in the big pack house.

"I think you'd make a really great healer, Kev,"

Jaynell told him.

"Yeah, I think so too." Approaching Jaynell, he placed his hands on his friend's ribcage. Closing his eyes, he could see where the bones didn't quite meet. With a soft spell, he meshed the two parts together, rebuilding their bond until they were as good as new. "There you go."

Jay moved a little.

"Wow, that's amazing. It doesn't hurt at all anymore, thanks!"

Kevin blushed beneath the praise.

James interrupted the moment with a low grow.

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creeps."

Kevin looked over the dead bodies. "Yeah, I hope the Senators come clean up the corpses soon or at least send someone from the school."

Jay walked over to his dragon. Kevin couldn't hear what the wizard whispered to his avatar, but the dragon's eyes closed with pleasure as Jay scratched each head in turn. After a moment he stepped back, and Kevin heard him say loudly, "Gideon, I release you."

A soft shush was the only sound as the dragon popped out of the room with a bright flare of light.

The group scurried back up the steps, only stopping to reseal the corridor on their way out.

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Chapter Nine.

James watched his lover walk back into the pack house and knew he was there to stay. He really liked the idea of Kevin becoming a healer. Healers didn't go into battle, they didn't conduct dangerous experiments, and they didn't have dangerous avatars that might eat him at any moment. He felt a flash of concern for his brother, but he had no doubt Thomas adored the challenge of his scarily powerful mate.

While his mind wandered, Kevin spun around and blurted out, "I want to be mated."

"What?"

"I want to be mated. I'm ready."

"Are you sure?" Pleased his voice didn't reflect the bats flocking around in his stomach, James tried to appear calm.

"Yes." Indecision crossed Kevin's face. "Unless you aren't interested anymore."

James gave a choked laugh. "As I'm not dead, I'm still interested."

"Good. I wouldn't want you dead."

"That makes two of us."

Kevin stepped closer. "I mean corpse sex is yucky."

"Know this from experience, do you?"

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"No!" Kevin smacked him on the shoulder. "Be serious. I really want this. When we were down beneath that church, I realized this could be my last day on earth.

We could've died, and I wouldn't have been your mate. I know if I die, you die, but I want that commitment because if you died my life wouldn't be worth anything anyway. I know I'm not that strong, but I will always love you."

James held Kevin back from him a moment. "Who said you weren't that strong?"

"My father. He always wanted this magical powerhouse. He never even loved my mother. He thought if he had a child with her he'd have this super-duper wizard kid. He'd love Jay."

"Jay wouldn't love him."

Kevin laughed. "No, he wouldn't."

"Don't let what your father said affect you. You have incredible skills of your own. You might not be able to blast someone from a distance or have an acid-spitting dragon, but you can heal bones, and that's not something to take lightly. You'll make an amazing physician. Just go with what you love and don't compare yourself to anyone else. You are my mate, and no one in the entire world is more special to me. Now let's get out of these clothes so I can fuck you and make you mine."

Shaking his head, Kevin quickly unbuttoned 125 *

James's shirt, a small smile crossing his face. "I love you too."

"Good, that will make our mating so much better."

Within minutes, they were naked and panting on the bed. James struggled to open the drawer holding the lube and ended up throwing the small table across the room.

Cursing, he started to climb off the bed when a gnome flashed in, carrying a tray with a pill looking like amber gel. "Compliments of Master Jaynell, to ease your way."

James grabbed it as the gnome popped out of sight.

"Make sure I have Jay place a no-gnome spell."

Kevin giggled. "What is it?"

"I think it's instant lube."

"Well, put it inside."

Shaking his head, James pushed the soft pill into Kevin's sphincter. Nothing happened.

"Lube," Kevin commanded. A soft chime filled the air. "Oh."

"You all right?" If anything happened to Kevin, he was going to kill Jay, brother or no brother.

"It's warm."

James slid a finger into Kevin's ass. The inside was slick, warm and open for penetration.

"I take it back. I'll take a truckload of these things."

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Pleased his lover was ready, James lined up and slid inside. A low groan filled the room. "Oh that's nice."

"Yeah, get two truckloads." Kevin sighed.

James placed a kiss between Kevin's shoulders.

"We'll fill the fucking house with them." Sliding in and out of his lover, he reassured his wolf half Kevin was safe. The day's events had his wolf on edge.

Soon it wasn't enough to slowly enjoy their mating.

James's gums tingled, and he felt his fangs start to emerge.

"You still certain of this mating?"

"Mark me!" Kevin shouted.

Leaning forward, James plunged his fangs into his mate's neck, marking him with mating hormones from his bite. His hips pumped as he plunged into his mate below so he could bind him with hormones and semen, marking him forever against other werekin who might think they could take what was his. Gripping Kevin's hips, he held the smaller man down so he couldn't move and accidentally tear out his own throat. Minutes later, his fangs retracted, and James let out a howl as his orgasm ripped through his body. He'd completely marked his mate.

"You are now mine."

"Mmm good. You're mine too, right?"

"Absolutely."

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completely content for the first time in his life.

The End.

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A Wizard's Touch.

FARREN'S WIZARD.

Amber Kell.

Book three in the A Wizard's Touch series.

When the world is on the line, will love be enough to save them all?

Farren Azar came to college to get his degree. However, he knew he couldn't let anyone know about his djinn blood. The djinn had been exiled to a different plane, and if his heritage was discovered, he could be banished too. When a djinn and a fire god become involved in his life, he has to figure how to handle two powerful entities without losing himself.