EIGHTY-FIVE

VALENS

"Did you know she is a witch?" Avalon von Stein asked, her legs crossed before her.

"Yes," I answered, flipping through a file Jabari just sent my way.

My Beta wasn't functioning at full capacity at this point which put more workload on me. It was a good thing my Luna was picking up more and more work these days. There was no way I could do all this alone.

"How do you feel about that?" The historian asked, making me pause.

"She's my Luna," I said offhandedly.

In truth, the thought of having a mate with magic was hard to digest. Her sudden magical abilities left me wondering and a lot of times, I would admit it made me recoil. I did not like magic and she must have noticed because she had fewer magical accidents around me. I imagined she was getting used to her new abilities or she was hiding them from me. I didn't want her to hide any part of herself from me. Never again.

"Does it bother you?" She asked. I shook my head, unwilling to say more than that. Jabari mostly hand