Free Blown Away (Rogues Shifter Series Book 4) by Gayle Parness Page A

‘professional powerhouse’ rather than ‘sexy kick-ass’.
    “How about professional kick ass?”
    “As you wish, my lady.” He grinned wickedly.
    “Thank you, Jeeves. You’ve been so helpful.” I loved to play along.
    “Is there anything else that you require, Madame?”
    I smiled mischievously so he pulled me closer, his eyes popping with silver, and whispered, “I think that you should get in the shower now before I get carried away with this little fantasy and it turns into an all night reenactment of a bad romance novel.”
    “Would that be so wrong?” I laughed with him and spoke with an aristocratic air, “We’ll continue this conversation in a few days, Jeeves.”
    He lifted my hand to his mouth and grazed his fangs across my wrist, sending serious shivers down my spine. ”Comme madame souhaite. As my lady wishes .” I forced myself to pull away because we could not be late for our first meeting with the Los Altos Alpha.
     
    CHAPTER FOUR
    Materializing at the agreed upon destination at precisely 6:15 PM, we were quite an eclectic group of supernaturals, sure to raise a few eyebrows among the wolves we’d be meeting. The usual suspects included my shifter team, Garrett and his nest of three and our fae trio, which included Liam, Brina and Kaera. We felt that bringing the two fae sisters would put the weres at ease, since they tended to believe that females were much less powerful than males. Well, at least the wolves who didn’t know the fae well. These two sisters could probably each take out two werewolves a minute and not even break a sweat.
    As we walked up to the door of the house we’d be sharing, I could feel Sinc’s tension. Sharon, her mother, was standing in the doorway with a welcoming expression. Her eyes darted across our group until they came to rest on her daughter. She couldn't disguise her shock as she saw a lovely adult shifter moving toward her and not the confused fifteen year old she’d seen last.
    As Garrett and I came face to face with Sharon, she smiled. “Welcome to Los Altos. I hope that you’ll find this house to your liking, Mr. Cuvier.”
    Garrett returned the smile and took her hand. “I’m sure it’s lovely Mrs. Blakefield, and please call me Garrett. This is my mate, Jackie.”
    “Sharon.” She responded as she shook his hand and then mine. She was tall, probably 5’10”, with long wavy brown hair and large hazel eyes. She’d adopted Sinc so I didn’t expect them to look alike, but there was something about the reserved way she spoke that reminded me of Sinc in one of her more serious moods.
    After she'd ushered us inside, Garrett introduced the rest of our team and she introduced the three weres who were flanking her and acting as her backup in case there was a problem. She told us that Craig, the tallest of the three weres, was one of the parents of one of the missing teens and so we offered him our assurances that we would do our best for him and his family. The other two wolves were strictly there as Sharon’s bodyguards, since neither group was taking any chances with security.
    We watched when Sharon gave Sinc a hug which Sinc returned unenthusiastically. They pulled apart and simply stared at each other for a moment and then Sharon said, her voice catching on her daughter’s name, “Sinclair, I’m so glad that you’re here. Your father and I have missed you very much.” She reached out to touch her daughter’s face but Sinc backed away, never taking her eyes off of Sharon. “You’re quite lovely.”
    “Please call me Sinc, Sharon.” Her voice was cold.
    “Sinc, yes of course.” The depth of pain in the woman’s eyes cut through my heart. Her aura was a muddy mess, another obvious sign of her distress.
    “You knew where I was, didn’t you?” Sinc had decided to get the worst part over with as quickly as possible, even as we all stood quietly , watching,
    Sharon let out a resigned sigh, probably expecting this question. “Yes. You