Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity) by Nalini Singh

Author:Nalini Singh [Singh, Nalini]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2025-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Dear Aunt Rita,

This is a weird question. I apologize in advance. But I really don’t know anyone else I can ask.

So…I have a falcon changeling friend. We’ve known each other since way back, after we ended up on the same soccer team at school. Only, um, she’s done something very strange: she flew over me the other day—I knew it was her from the markings—and dropped a hunk of meat in my arms.

It was wrapped up in butcher’s paper, and had the seal of a local shop, so I thought she’d dropped her groceries and waited for her to come back. But she didn’t, just sent me a message saying: Did you like it? I got you the prime cut.

Then yesterday, she hovered over me with a package until I opened my arms out of desperation…and caught a roasted leg of lamb sealed up in tinfoil, complete with rosemary sprigs. It was still warm from the oven.

Does my friend need help? Like, should I call a psychiatrist? Please help.

~Soccer Fiend

Dear Soccer Fiend,

This seems to be the edition of the column with food-related queries. I have to say, however, of all the queries I’ve answered over the years, yours is the first one that has made me cackle so hard I couldn’t see through the tears.

I do apologize for my response. It’s just that I thought I’d heard of every food-related shenanigan there was…but no, the raptors always take it to the next level. I suppose bears would do the same if they could fly—literally food bomb the targets of their ardor.

You are beloved, my dear Fiend. However, if you don’t reciprocate your friend’s affections, this could get awkward. If that is the case, then the next time you receive a delivery, you should go immediately to their nesting place and gently hand it back to them saying thank you, but that you don’t need it.

If you do reciprocate…well, invite her to share in the feast.

~Aunt Rita

—From the February 2073 issue of Wild Woman magazine: “Skin Privileges, Style & Primal Sophistication”

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