Misenchanted Shifter

By Zenina Masters

Eileen has always known she couldn’t control her shifts. She also knows that it is not normal to shift into hundreds of different animals.

When she is declared close to her heat, she is ordered to the Crossroads and her payment for the transport causes a stir. Her claw is that of a chimera and the enchantment that she thought was binding her, in fact, wasn’t doing anything at all.

Harris has been at the Crossroads for a few days, and when he sees a woman dressed to the nines in a classic manner, he is enthralled. When she is spunky and direct, he is charmed, and when she touches his hand, he is smitten.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Jul 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781771119573

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Fey enchantment has marked her life until she finds the truth about herself and locates love in the strangest of ways.

Eileen has always known she couldn’t control her shifts. She also knows that it is not normal to shift into hundreds of different animals.

When she is declared close to her heat, she is ordered to the Crossroads and her payment for the transport causes a stir. Her claw is that of a chimera and the enchantment that she thought was binding her, in fact, wasn’t doing anything at all.

Harris has been at the Crossroads for a few days, and when he sees a woman dressed to the nines in a classic manner, he is enthralled. When she is spunky and direct, he is charmed, and when she touches his hand, he is smitten.

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Misenchanted Shifter

Copyright © 2014 Zenina Masters

ISBN: 978-1-77111-957-3

Cover art by Carmen Waters

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Misenchanted Shifter

Shifting Crossroads Book Seventeen

By

Zenina Masters

Chapter One

Eileen staggered through the door with her arms loaded with test papers and textbooks. The scent of dinner was hanging in the air, and she groaned in appreciation when she noted the glass of wine on the counter.

Thanks, Mom. She set her papers down with a huff and took the glass of wine, going in search of her adoptive parent.

Amy was in the greenhouse, misting her plants. Here at home, she had her hair in a ponytail that exposed her rather delightfully pointed ears. Your text sounded wiped out.

Eileen laughed softly before sipping at her wine. I am; the life of a sub is to be despised and harassed. Is this the malbec?

It is. Well done. Lots of papers to grade?

Yeah, and an unexpected shift in the middle of the day. I had to jump into the janitor’s closet and was just lucky that the animal was small. I am pretty sure I was a gerbil.

Amethyst Heller shook her head. I am getting worried. They are becoming more frequent. I think we are going to have to call him in.

Eileen groaned. Do we have to?

Amy laughed, Are you the teacher or the student? That whining is impressive.

I have learned over the last two years. I can also make small armaments with office supplies and smile at my crotch when I text. It is a lovely learning exchange; I teach them and they teach me.

Come on, there is a pot roast in the crock pot. Yes, I put plenty of wine in it.

Eileen watched as her caretaker for the last sixteen years took off her gloves and set the spray bottle aside.

You really don’t need to call him.

Amy reached out and ruffled her hair. Sorry, honey. It is already done.

Eileen groaned. When is he coming?

Moonrise. You have a few hours.

She nodded and began marking her students’ papers before she ate.

Adros Heller was a full elf and he tended to blast things when he was in a mood.

She wanted this work out of the way so that he wouldn’t have reason to set them on fire for contaminating his daughter with the human world.

Eileen was sure that she ate somewhere along the way, but she doggedly plowed on with her homework. When the last paper was graded, she took the pile out to her car and locked them in the trunk. It was Friday night, so she still had the chance to put the grades into the computer before Monday, though it wasn’t due until the following week.

The teacher had gone on another sudden vacation, and Eileen had swept in to the rescue as she always did. With seven schools having her number, she tended to drop everything and sweep off at a moment’s notice. She liked to get paid, so she answered every call she got.

When the paperwork was safe, she trudged back inside and flopped on the couch. Amy was working on a tapestry for one of the elven court, and she chuckled at Eileen’s exhaustion.

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