Free Stalked (Rogues Shifter #2) by Gayle Parness Page A

hands. As we heard a car drive up, Ethan barked out a laugh, probably because of the timing. Sinc had arrived with hair color in hand. Oh Joy. He let her in, giving her a hug and a kiss before bringing her into the kitchen.
    She was dressed in casual haute couture: looking like she hung out with the Kardashians. As usual, she got right down to business , taking the boxes of color out of the drugstore bag and plunking them in front of me on the table. “So I got two different shades because I want to look at your skin tone again.  Ethan’s much darker than you, but I think we can do a really dark red or a russet brown. What do you think”? She didn’t wait for my answer. “I brought brown contacts too. Green eyes are uncommon.”
    “I said ok to the hair, but I’d rather not wear contacts if I don’t have to.” I looked at Ethan who didn’t need to say a word. I sighed and slumped in the chair. “Do your worst.” Sinc’s eyes actually glittered with excitement as she jumped up and dragged me into the bathroom.
    45 minutes later, I emerged as Sinc’s latest masterpiece. She’d gone with the dark red hair color and light brown contacts, similar to Ethan’s eye color. She’d trimmed my hair, under protest of course, and gave me some cool layers which brought out my natural waves. Standing side by side with Ethan in front of the mirror you could almost imagine a resemblance, which would definitely help cement our twin story.
    “You guys go to Gasquet and have fun.” She walked over to Ethan and leaned in for a kiss. “I’ll see you later.” She turned and swayed her way to the door twisting around to wave one more time before leaving the house.
    I nodded my head and chuckled, looking down at the outfit she’d brought for me to wear: denim shorts and a purple lace edged tank top.  “She’s like a force of nature; a ts unami that sweeps in and leaves—a makeover in its wake.”
    “Tell me about it.” Ethan chuckled and looked me over. “You look great. Are you ready to hit Gasquet, Mel?” He took out a pair of cool looking glasses. I screwed up my mouth and shook my head. That was the extent of his makeover, I guessed. Life is so unfair sometimes.
    “Sure Sammy, let’s go.”
     
    Chapter Eight
    It didn’t take us long to get there since Ethan drove like a typical eighteen year old guy, making me laugh the whole way with funny stories that Sinc had told him about her training with Kyle. We pulled up in front of the local pizza joint. There were eight or nine cars parked outside so we decided to grab a slice and a soda and keep our eyes open.
    A few different groups of high school students occupied some of the booths along the wall, so we sat in one of the tables near the m. We talked quietly about the zombie movie while I very cautiously sent out a few mental feelers. I’d be able to recognize the aura of a fae, but I had to be careful that she didn’t feel me nudging her. After a few minutes I deduced that this group was all shifters, wolves and humans, no fae in the bunch.
    I found it interesting that the humans and shifters were friends but the weres stayed apart in their own clique. I remembered Rob telling me that the two groups of weres that caused the Crescent City shifters so much trouble had pack lands in the Gasquet area. The Brownlow and Pine Ridge packs were rumored to be allies. It would be really unfortunate if any of them knew who we were. They’d love to take some revenge out of our hides after what we did to the Pine Ridge pack leader and his cohorts after they’d kidnapped Garrett with the help of the witch. Drew had been a member of the Brownlow pack and his friend George probably still was.
    Ethan indicated that we should leave , since we didn’t want to spend too long in just one place. The plan was to hit some of the local spots, just so we were seen around town before class started.  Which reminded me…
    “What class are we taking?”
    “English History. It’s taught