![]() People around me died, usually in horrible and bloody ways, so I'd sent Julie to the best boarding school I could find. It didn't go well for Julie either, and I took her in, the way Greg, my now deceased guardian, had taken me in years ago, when my father passed away. We found her mother's body instead, being eaten by Celtic sea demons who had decided to pop up in the middle of Atlanta and resurrect a wannabe god. Nine months ago she "hired" me to find her missing mother. "I have Assistant Principal Parker on the line. ![]() Being called Mate ranked somewhere between drinking sour milk and getting a root canal on my list of Things I Hated, so most people had learned to avoid that one. Usually the shapeshifters called me Alpha or Lady, and occasionally Mate. "Good morning, Consort," a female voice said.Ĭonsort? That was new. I flipped him off and picked up the phone. "Would you like me to install one of those child playground slides for you?" I was mated to the Beast Lord, which meant I was in the Keep, in Curran's rooms, and in his bed. I didn't have a bed, because my insane aunt had destroyed my apartment. For some reason, someone had moved the floor several feet lower than I had expected, and I fell and crashed with a thud.Ī blond head popped over the side of the bed, and a familiar male voice asked, "Are you okay down there?"Ĭurran. I clawed my eyes open and rolled off my bed. THE RINGING OF THE PHONE JERKED ME FROM MY sleep. ![]()
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