Feathers, Fur, and Fey

By Zenina Masters

Maki has lived and tried to love, over and over again. As a griffin, she is privy to the memories of all the griffins who have come before. Every moment of their lives until they died in defence of others. The story is always the same.

When she is called back to the Crossroads for the third time, she has only a flicker of hope that this will be the charm.

Uhrl met Maki when she came to his nightclub. The shifter in his arms had sparked while they danced. His attempts to find out who and what she was met a sudden halt against her wards, but he knew that he wanted more. He had a name and a general location to give to the seers. They had to do the rest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Aug 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781487403508

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A griffin with one life to live chooses to share it with a dark elf who matches every step she makes.

Maki has lived and tried to love, over and over again. As a griffin, she is privy to the memories of all the griffins who have come before. Every moment of their lives until they died in defence of others. The story is always the same.

When she is called back to the Crossroads for the third time, she has only a flicker of hope that this will be the charm.

Uhrl met Maki when she came to his nightclub. The shifter in his arms had sparked while they danced. His attempts to find out who and what she was met a sudden halt against her defenses, but he knew that he wanted more. He had a name and a general location to give to the seers. They had to do the rest.

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Feathers, Fur and Fey

Copyright © 2015 Zenina Masters

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0350-8

Cover art by Carmen Waters

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Feathers, Fur and Fey

Shifting Crossroads Book 30

By

Zenina Masters

Chapter One

Keep an eye out. Let me know the moment the coast is clear. Irvinga Mackie put her finger on the button and waited.

A small thumb shot up. The coast is clear.

Giggling commenced and the party was on. Maki started up the music, and she danced with her two nieces and two nephews.

Babysitting was an adventure that she enjoyed taking on. In the next three hours, they would wreck the house and fix it again. Her brother had a lot of faith in her ability to keep control, and Maki made sure that she earned it every time.

* * * *

Irving Mackie backed out of the driveway, his wife sighing next to him.

The lights are on and I can see the kids in the living room. They are having a party. Melody sighed.

Irving grinned and kept backing out of the drive. They will be nice and exhausted by bed time. Maki doesn’t come by nearly enough. This is fun for all of them.

Melody snorted. I still can’t understand why you call her Maki? It sounds Asian.

Because no woman deserves to be called Irvinga. Now, love, let’s enjoy our anniversary dinner without people at the table who put straws up their noses. He lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it.

Melody smiled impishly. Aw, honey, you know how I love it when you do that. It is always a good look for you.

Irving sighed and drove away from the house that his twin was currently rocking with all four of his children. Twins ran in both sides of the family, but what they became was always up in the air. Time with Auntie Maki was the best cure for any worry about changes in their lives.

The free babysitting didn’t hurt either.

* * * *

After hours of dance parties, games that involved all ingredients in the kitchen and some markers, the kids were in bed and it was time to clean up.

Maki checked on the littles one more time and looked at the time. She had ten minutes to undo three hours of insanity. No problem.

She straightened her shoulders and faced the kitchen. Her beak took over her face, and her claws replaced her fingers. Magic would be needed to fix the disaster in a matter of moments and that was a quality she had in ample supply.

A wind gathered up all loose and wild pieces, the flour, the chocolate chips and the strange trail of raisins that had made their way under the fridge.

The magic caught everything up and compressed it into a ball. She clacked her beak and the ball evaporated. Another flex of her claws put all of the sparkling-clean dishes, pots and pans back in their shelves.

She flexed her claws once more,