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“You’re making me sound like fresh meat.”
Elaine giggled. “Technically, you are.”
The description made me feel uncomfortable, and I shifted in my seat.
A waiter came to us and smiled at me with emerald eyes. Power danced around him, but he didn’t have an animal that slid behind his eyes.
Fae.
“What can I get you?” he asked.
“My usual,” Elaine said and looked at me.
“What’s your usual?” I asked.
“Lemonade mixed with iced tea,” she said. “Their house wine is good, from what I hear, but it’s cheap. I think the bottle has a screw top.”
“You’ve always liked ‘em cheap, El,” the waiter said with a grin.
“Stop it, Corey,” Elaine laughed.
“I’ll have whatever IPA you have on tap,” I said.
“He’s not a shifter,” I added when he left.
Elaine shook her head. “Fae drink a lot here, too. Those guys over there are all fae.” She gestured toward a table filled with men and women who looked distinctly different from the shifters. They had a different attitude and a different air around them. They didn’t have a beast to share their bodies with. They didn’t even understand what that struggle could be like. They didn’t crave blood like vampires did, either.
The only craving I could imagine fae having was more power, but most fae were docile, happy with their lot in life.
How happy could they be with their position in life if they chose to run so closely with shifters?
It wasn’t the first time I’d seen the fae team up with shifters, and it wouldn’t be the last. My alpha, Colter, had fae in his pack, but it was rare. No, the fae felt different because their magic was nothing like ours, but it complemented who we were in a lot of ways.
“They’re a part of Bishop’s entourage. He always keeps a handful of fae close. He trusts them more than he trusts his shifters. Even his beta has to answer to his soothsayer. It’s all the gossip, you know.”
“I thought fae didn’t stick around for long.” They were travelers, moving from place to place, living by their own rules in their own communities. Fae magic was very different from shifter magic. They did spells and predicted the future, which was why they always moved. They left before trouble could ever start.
Fae seemed to me like animals who sensed natural disasters before humans did. When they ran, it was best to run with them because they knew something the others didn’t.
It was strange that Bishop, the shifter alpha of the city, had a fae hanging around him all the time.
I leaned back in the booth and glanced around. The attention wasn’t on me so much anymore, and it helped me relax.
“You know, when you talked about New York, I was thinking. I know someone who went to New York,” Elaine said when the conversation started again. “He’s from here. His family is pretty important in the Twin Cities.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Does he have a name?”
“Oh, Turk Rowe.”
My stomach twisted. “You’re kidding, right?”
“No,” Elaine said with a frown. “Why would I kid about that?”
Right. “I don’t know. It’s just a crazy coincidence. He joined our pack a while ago, and I know him.”
