When Tasia discovers her ancestry is tied to the mountains of
North Carolina, she's shocked but elated. Finally, she thinks she may have
found what she's missed all her life...family. Reaching her ancestral home
however, leads her into the path of an Alpha shifter...and secrets some never
want revealed.
Conal is the Alpha wolf, and the local law, still more than his
interest is peaked when he sees the bedraggled woman sitting in his spot. He
feels torn over leading her to her grandmother's home...is this the beginning
of their story? Or will the past destroy their future?
Excerpt:
Carmen grunted. "Divvy up the
bonus equally between the four and put my usual fee in the bank. I don't need
the bonus and these guys do. Now, what else have you got on your list of clients
that you're planning to foist on me, in my innocence?"
"Innocent, my ass. Miss Marshall you're the least innocent
woman I know." Daria shuffled her papers on the desk, then looked up at
the video camera. "What do you know of The
Rogue?"
Carmen shrugged. "He's a master of illusion. No one knows
what he looks like underneath his mask, which makes him somewhat of a forbidden
fruit to the female persuasion. Those who have tried to come on to him have
gone away either pissed off or in tears. Those who have claimed to have
slept with him aren't believed. The ones which are rebuffed proceed to slander
and smear his name, which is really useless because he never responds to
bullshit like that unless it really gets messy, then the person responsible
gets a talking to."
She made quotation marks in the
air with her fingers. "Rumors run thick and fast about what's underneath
the mask. They run the entire range of being horribly disfigured to just an
affectation so he can go out into public with it off and not be recognized."
She smiled slightly at Daria, "The rest of the rumors are just too
outrageous to think about."
"Anything else, Oh Great
Abundance of Wisdom?" Her boss grinned.
She smiled and took another drink of her coffee before responding.
"Flattery will get you everywhere, Daria Randall. As a matter of fact, the
tabloids and the internet have commented that his crew and stage hands are very
tight lipped. Even his manager won't spill the beans about the props or how his
illusions are done, no matter how much money is offered. More than a few people
have attempted some of his more dangerous stunts, trying to duplicate and or
improve on them."
Carmen arched an eyebrow and looked meaningfully at her boss.
"With very fatal results. At the beginning of each performance, everyone
is warned not to try these stunts. They make the statement which basically says
anyone attempting them is doing so under the full knowledge they were warned
ahead of time."
Daria nodded, "Well, according to his manager, someone's
trying to sabotage his performances and possibly turn him into an illusion, permanently. From
what I've read in the report I have on my desk, all the mistakes have been
caught before the actual stunt was performed. But the manager wants to find out
what in hell is going on and put a stop to these incidents before something
really does go wrong. He's paid double the usual fee, wanting to ensure you and
your team will personally handle the assignment. He said The Rogue has specifically asked for
you, saying he wishes a face to face meeting before he signs any
agreement."
Carmen's eyes widened. "You know my rule on that, Daria. It's
held true and every client has agreed to it. If he wants a video conference, we
can arrange a time and place. But I do not meet face to face."
"Oh come on, you can do it just this once." Daria's eyes
widened and became pleading on the video screen. "If he doesn't meet you
in person, he won't sign the contract. When I mentioned your rule, he said, and
I quote, 'If this woman is afraid of me, then perhaps you should fire her
and hire more men. At
least they aren't afraid to meet face to face.'"
About the Author:
I am Zerlina Valinski. I am weaver of tales of sensual erotic
romance. My stories will take you to places you have never been. You will see
fantastic places and people. I will tantalize you with stories of Weres, Shape
shifters, Witches, Warlocks, Fairies, Imps, pagan gods and goddesses and more
mystical creatures. I will invite you into their sensual worlds where they
don't shy away from the carnal as humans do. They indulge their passion and
they love without mortal confines of the human mind.
I invite you to partake in these sensual adventures. They will
keep your interest.
The world is old and there are many beings here. Human's ignorance
doesn't eliminate this reality. Humans are frozen in their ways, their beliefs.
But not the creatures of old, they're fully aware of the hidden world around
us. Come with me to meet them and see their domains. To live with them and to
love with them.
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