Take a Seat

[Axel]

I’m a wolf. And apparently, I’m also the official fae guardian of the redwoods. I’m still trying to wrap my head around this, because this shouldn’t be real, this can’t be real. My mind is still reeling at all the ways my world has changed.

Yes, I am a wolf.

I am also fae.

And I have magic. Or at least enough magic to talk through a mirror and walk from one dimension to the next because my grandmother was right, not only am I able to wear this ring, but I can use it as well. I just needed to close my eyes and think of home while taking a giant step forward.

She didn’t warn me about how I’d feel like there was no solid ground, that my foot would just keep falling. Nor did she warn me about how it would feel like a long slow eternity until my foot found solid earth again. She did warn me about the spinning, so I knew well enough to keep my eyes closed until my head stopped feeling like it was twirling inside a particularly vicious blender.

I open my eyes to the sight