Ari’s Point of View
Once I had completed the spell that would return Lucian to his normal size I lifted the glass top of the coffin and reached for Maverick. As soon as I could make physical contact with him I took his body back to his palace.
Maverick is much larger than I, so there was no way I could carry his unconscious body in my arms and gracefully stick the landing. His mother and father were impatiently waiting and ran to us as soon as we fell with a loud thud on the living room floor. Maverick’s unconscious body rolled a few feet after the rough return, ultimately settling face down.
Oops, my bad. “Sorry, he’s too big-”
“Oh, my baby!” The queen didn’t seem too concerned with my less than smooth return of her son. She rolled him back so that he was facing up and called for som
