Atomic Mage by Garrett Carter (short books for teens txt) 📕

"Well, let's go shopping then."

As they both turned to start the long process of collecting any salvageable gear and food they could find Cade found he was beginning to enjoyed the fierce woman's presence.

The Love Boat

Finishing their shopping trip, Cade and Mina had made their way to the beached slaver boat.

Setting the two full long chests of gear and supplies they had gathered from the bandit camp onto the barge he turned to his new traveling companion.

"I am going to go back and destroy those bodies. You can stay on the boat while I do it." He said before he started back towards the camp.

He almost fell backward as a deceptively strong hand latched onto his shoulder before he had made it two feet.

"I will come with you, Cade." She said firmly but pleasantly.

"I will only be a few minutes." He said a little more gruffly than he intended, as he turned to look at the short woman who had almost sat him on his ass.

"I am no damsel who would faint at the sight of blood or any other nastiness Cade" Mina fiercely stated with one of her fingers pressed to his now clothed chest.

"I in no way shape or form am implying that you are not up to the task of disposing of the bodies. I am just going to cremate them and that doesn't require you to be there, that is all." Hee replied with his hands up in surrender.

"I would still like to come with you and observe, I had no clue you were a fire mage in addition to being a mind mage though," Mina replied with a mollified expression that slowly shifted to a thoughtful one.

"Quite rare," Mina said in a rhetorical tone as she looked Cade in the eyes speculatively.

Shrugging he decided the discussion about his range of magic could wait for the few minutes it would take to burn the bodies down to ash.

Cade followed by Mina made their way back to the camp and he proceeded to scan all the bodies, stacking them in a pile in the center of the clearing and burning them down to ash.

A look of wonder had grown on Mina's face as he went through the motions of destroying the bodies.

The look of wonder on Mina's face changed to incredulity as the bodies that were stacked like firewood suddenly ignited under his gaze.

"What are you," she asked in awe as her whole world view on mages was systematically being broken down by the tall black man that had saved her.

"I have no idea, but I would be glad to discuss what I am back at my home. Being surrounded by wilderness and next to a pile of ashes doesn't exactly sound to me like a place to figure it out." Cade finished his answer nonchalantly before realizing the implication of his statement.

Whether or not the gorgeous panther woman noticed he had just solicited the woman.

"If that's ok with you, that is," Cade said in a rush in an attempt to correct his faux pas.

"I am more than ok with that idea Cade. I would also prefer a better venue for our...discussion." Mina said with a grin as she agreed to visit his home.

Cade again was thrown off by the use of another earth word, this time its use was less obvious and he ignored it as he assumed the word was used on this world too.

"Well let's get back to the boat and we can make our way to my home," he said as he turned from the smoldering ashes. Mina's smile as she followed was the only answer to his request.

As they left the camp Cade stole a few glances at the panther woman's figure as she walked a few paces ahead of him as they made the short walk back to the beach.

She was just as alluring as her mental doppelganger had been.

His 25-year-old body agreed wholeheartedly as his pulse increased as he caught a small whiff of her scent as a small breeze hit them as they stepped out of the treeline.

Suppressing a groan as her feminine smell sent a thrill through him and caused his hands to clench involuntarily.

Cade relaxed his hands as he thought about running his hands across her curves wondering if her short fur was as soft as it looked.

"Fuck I'm a furry!" Cade suddenly thought to himself.

Stealing another glance at the beautiful woman as her hips swayed in counterpoint to her long black tail as she kept walking after he had frozen at the taboo thought.

He amended his sudden thought as he was mesmerized by the motion.

"Fuck it ill be a mother fucking furry for her," Cade thought as he began walking towards her after she looked over her shoulder at him, a question written on her face as to why he had stopped.

Pulling himself out of the haze of lust that came over him he looked down to his left where she was walking next to him after he caught up.

He was surprised as he caught Mina sniffing the air in his direction with a grin before looking up at him then quickly back down.

He smiled as a small collar of pitch-black hair raised around her neck.

Cade's smile grew into a grin at her reaction and unable to control himself at what he assumed was a blush snuck a glance of his own at the ass that was presently switching as she walked slightly ahead of him, her long black tail slightly twisting and curling.

Letting