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"Fire and Water"
Keith groaned as he shook his wings. He despised getting them wet. That was to be expected, being a fire fey. His mate, though, was a powerful water fey, who could control most forms of water from the gentle morning dew to the destructive tsunamis. What he couldn't control was the rain storms that had drenched their neighborhood.
They had been careful to watch the weather and knew they were due for another storm, but when they received a message from Shiro that Adam needed Lance's help, they couldn't refuse. Lance wasn't just a water fey. He also had healing powers. He could heal most injuries, including but not limited to magical maladies. Shiro and Adam didn't live too far from Keith and Lance, so Keith didn't expect to get drenched on their way there. Once the rain started, it didn't stop and only seemed to get worse.
Once they reached Shiro's and Adam's home, Keith was absolutely soaked and looked miserable. Lance was similarly soaked but looked like he was having the time of his life. Being a water fey, he loved being immersed and surrounded by water. Shiro tried not laughing at Keith's put out expression, but it was hard. He let the two wet fey into his home and handed them towels to dry off. Once they were dry, they went their separate ways. Keith went over to the fire to further dry and replenish the magic in his wings, and Shiro led Lance over to where his mate was laying.
Adam, like Shiro, was a shifter. They were magical beings that could change forms without the aid of nature or talismans. Shiro could shift into a wolf and Adam an eagle. Adam had caught the eye of a poacher, who had shot him. Fortunately, it was a normal poacher with regular lead ammunition. Shiro had taken care of the poacher before carrying his wounded mate back to their home. Adam was able to shift back to human form but was bleeding.
It was a simple fix, but shifters were met with some prejudice even in the magical world, so very few beings wanted to help them. Lance had no such issues. He wanted to help anyone who needed his help no matter who or what they were or did. It was in his nature to be trusting, something that drew Keith to him in the first place.
Normally, fey of completely opposite elements didn't interact, but Keith and Lance were so completely enthralled with one another that they didn't care what anyone else thought. After they got to know each other, they were still enraptured with each other that they knew it had to mean that they were destined to become mates. It wasn't unheard of to have predestined mates, but it was becoming less common. However, that didn't stop Keith and Lance from staying by the other's side, but no matter how much Keith loved Lance, he still despised getting his wings wet.
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