Celeste finally stirred right then, a moonbeam tickling her face. Her lashes fluttered open slowly, and she sighed, blinking and smiling in the pale light before she finally sat up. I watched, not shy in my appreciation of her, as my mate stretched her arms over her head.
“Are you ready to go?” she asked, already swinging her legs over the side of the bed and pulling away.
I sighed. As much as I was enjoying the moment, I wasn’t going to hamper her desire to continue practicing. “After you,” I said, getting out of bed and dressing quickly before we headed back outside.
Celeste led us past the courtyard and farther onto the island, stopping at a clearing. I could sense the echoes of magic from earlier in the day, deducing quickly that this was where she and Val had been practicing. The w
