Astrid’s POV*
Laying in bed with max, and I have my head on his chest, I know he is still awake because he is drawing little circles on my back. I look out the window and notice we have more birds in the trees. I smile at that. It happened last time I spoke to the bear and the deer. I move my head to look up at max, and he has noticed the birds in the trees. I smile at him and look towards the window. Max, does this bother you? That we will have animals around all the time now that they know I am here? I look back at max, who is looking at me with a big goofy smile. “Baby, this is amazing. Do you know how much I wanted to talk to animals as a child? I used to try all the time. My dad would watch me and laughed but never discouraged me. And now I have a mate who can talk to animals! So no,
