Bright Tail

By Zenina Masters

Seerya has lived her life watching over the women who had no one to call on in the face of powerful enemies. Being the greatest sea monster in history, Seerya has a lot of inner strength to call on.

After thousands of years of loneliness, Seerya wants to rest until a few hundred years pass and all of her ties to the human world are severed by time. She needs one more item and she can begin her hibernation. She has to find it at the Crossroads.

Lothan is the current bearer of the Icon of the Destroyer, and when he meets her face to face, he knows that she is the one that the seers sent him for. He needs to convince her that a life with him is better than an eternity alone and he has to work fast.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Nov 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781487409449

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A sea monster tired of the human world meets a dark elf who wants to keep her in the here and now.

Seerya has lived her life watching over the women who had no one to call on in the face of powerful enemies. Being the greatest sea monster in history, Seerya has a lot of inner strength to call on.

After thousands of years of loneliness, Seerya wants to rest until a few hundred years pass and all of her ties to the human world are severed by time. She needs one more item and she can begin her hibernation. She has to find it at the Crossroads.

Lothan is the current bearer of the Icon of the Destroyer, and when he meets her face to face, he knows that she is the one that the seers sent him for. He needs to convince her that a life with him is better than an eternity alone and he has to work fast.

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Bright Tail

Copyright © 2016 Zenina Masters

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0944-9

Cover art by Carmen Waters

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Bright Tail

Shifting Crossroads Book 41

By

Zenina Masters

Chapter One

Seerya dropped into the wing chair near the fireplace. When the proprietor came over with a cup of coffee, Seerya reached up gratefully.

Thanks, Nina. It was quite the storm out there.

Did you get it?

Nina took the seat across from her, her white apron gleaming around her hips.

Seerya reached into her cleavage and pulled out the small, carved icon. Got it. It’s the second to last one, and I must say that I am relieved.

Nina shook her head. Can I see it?

Sure. Seerya handed it over and watched her friend turn it in her fingers.

How did this have a hold on you?

It was carved from one of my scales. I gave nine of them out a while ago in exchange for favours done by fishermen and explorers.

Where is the last one?

She sighed. I gave it to some elves. They needed protection against the light, so I offered it in exchange for them letting some human servants go.

Why did you do that?

Seerya shrugged. I had friends in the fishing community, and their daughters were being borrowed by the local dark fey. I gave them the light of truth to find mates that they were destined to have. It stopped the random abductions, and when they did find their mates, they interacted with the family so that it was known where the young lady was going.

Was it always young women?

Seerya snorted. No. It was occasionally a young man, but those occurrences were few and far between. They could find their mates far more easily than a male who wanted to become part of a breeding pair.

What was the big deal about breeding?

Seerya snorted and set the empty cup down. Have you noticed how many fey have babies?

Her friend frowned. No.

That is because they don’t. They are a fading species. They need to find the right match at the right time to have even a hope of making it through the next generation. Immortality isn’t as long as they used to think it was.

What?

You can’t pass something to the next generation if there isn’t a next generation, so the fey became obsessed with finding mates with strong magic and binding them to their sides. The children usually have more power than the parents, but there are fewer children as time goes on.

Nina blinked. So, you are going to take the last icon from them? Won’t that decrease their family’s chance to find their true mate?

Seerya chuckled. They have other means available to them now. The modern era has many possibilities.

Oh. Okay. Do you know where you are heading?

Seerya wrinkled her nose and nodded. "I do. I am