Chapter no 9
9 “Please.” The male’s whimper was barely discernible with the blood filling his mouth, his nostrils. But he still tried again. “Please.” Hunt Athalar’s sword dripped blood onto the soaked carpet of the dingy apartment in the Meadows. Splatters of it coated the visor of his helmet, speckling his line of vision as he surveyed […]
Chapter no 8
8 TWENTY-TWO MONTHS LATER Bryce Quinlan stumbled from the White Raven’s bathroom, a lion shifter nuzzling her neck, his broad hands grabbing at her waist. It was easily the best sex she’d had in three months. Maybe longer than that. Maybe she’d keep him for a while. Maybe she should learn his name first. Not […]
Chapter no 7
7 The black steps ringing the foggy shore of the Bone Quarter bit into Bryce’s knees as she knelt before the towering ivory gates. The Istros spread like a gray mirror behind her, silent in the predawn light. As quiet and still as she had gone, hollowed out and drifting. Mist curled around her, veiling […]
Chapter no 6
6 The half-Fae female looked like Hel. No, not Hel, Isaiah Tiberian realized as he studied her through the one- way mirror in the legion’s holding center. She looked like death. Looked like the soldiers he’d seen crawl off the blood-drenched battlefields of Pangera. She sat at the metal table in the center of the […]
Chapter no 5
5 Going on a date with Connor in a few days didn’t mean she had to behave. So within the inner sanctum of the White Raven, Bryce savored every delight it offered. Fury knew the owner, Riso, either through work or whatever the Hel she did in her personal life, and as such, they never […]
Chapter no 4
4 The Pearl and Rose was everything Bryce hated about this city. But at least Danika now owed her fifty silver marks. The bouncers had let her stride past them, up the three steps, and through the open bronze-plated doors of the restaurant. But even fifty silver marks wouldn’t put so much as a dent […]
Chapter no 3
3 The Pack of Devils was already at her apartment by the time Bryce got home from work. It had been impossible to miss the roaring laughter that met her before she’d even cleared the second-floor stairwell landing—as well as the canine yips of amusement. Both had continued as she ascended the remaining level of […]
Chapter no 2
2 By the time Danika emerged on the gallery’s showroom floor, Bryce had endured a mildly threatening reprimand from Jesiba about her ineptitude, one email from a fussy client demanding Bryce expedite the paperwork on the ancient urn she’d bought so she could show it off to her equally fussy friends at her cocktail party […]
Chapter no 1
1 There was a wolf at the gallery door. Which meant it must be Thursday, which meant Bryce had to be really gods-damned tired if she relied on Danika’s comings and goings to figure out what day it was. The heavy metal door to Griffin Antiquities thudded with the impact of the wolf’s fist—a fist […]
Acknowledgments
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Finishing up a series that I’ve been working on for (literally) half of my life is no easy task. But finding a way to properly thank all the people who have played a part in making this dream of mine come true is equally daunting. I suppose I should start with my parents, to […]