Maya's human clothing had been destroyed during her transformation, and she stood naked in the centre of their circle, golden light still shimmering beneath her skin. She should have felt vulnerable, exposed before seven predatory males, but instead, she felt powerful—a queen among warriors.
"Seven elements," Xander said, his void-touched voice somehow reaching directly into her mind. "Seven bonds. Seven aspects of power that will complete what you are becoming."
As if responding to his words, the crystallised chamber began to pulse with light, the walls themselves resonating with the ancient magic being awakened. The seven pedestals that ringed the room—each topped with a crystal that matched one of her mates' elemental affinities, began to glow with increasing intensity.
Maya felt her
