Chapter 1
The ugly concrete building loomed before us, making my body itch with unease. I gritted my teeth and tried to mentally prepare for the long flight ahead. There was a reason faeries hated airplanes. Metal had an unfortunate way of draining our energy.
“You didn’t have to walk me in,” I said to Talisen, my brother’s best friend and the guy who’d just spent five hours transporting me from Eureka to the Sacramento airport. “I would’ve been perfectly fine if you’d dropped me off at departures.”
“Are you kidding?” Talisen draped a casual arm over my shoulders and made a show of stretching his legs. “One more minute in the truck and my limbs would’ve seized up.”
I eyed his lanky but muscular body. Tall, broad-shouldered, and tan from his long days of working outdoors in my mother’s nursery. He’d dressed nicer than usual today. Gone were his faded blue jeans, scuffed work boots, and pop-culture T-shirt, replaced by olive khakis, a short-sleeved, button-down shirt, and black canvas shoes. “I think you could’ve survived until you hooked up with your lunch date.”
He pulled the glass door open for me. “Date?” ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For as long as she can remember, Samiya has walked in darkness. She has never understood the reason behind her mother’s having given her away at such a young age. All she ever wanted was the woman’s love, to know that she meant something to her, once and for all. Yet that hope died the moment her mother left her in the hands of cult intent on wreaking havoc on the world itself.
Ever since she met Darian Alexander, Natasha Hemingway’s life has been anything from normal. Where once she swore that she’d wanted nothing do with all things supernatural, she’s now had a profound change of mind. Immersed in a world she never could have imagined being a part of, she’s content with the protection and affection that Darian and his lover, Xavier, lavish on her. Her wish is their every desire, and they’d do anything to make her happy. Unfortunately, everything isn’t as good as it can be.
Diana Highwood’s life and choices have been made ahead of time for her. She’s destined to marry someone who can provide her with everything she needs, regardless of her desires. It doesn’t matter that her mind and her heart are set on someone she knows she can’t have. Her mother has decreed that only a wealthy, respectable man can land her hand in marriage, and the woman refuses to see reason.
