Magaestra: Loyalties: An urban fantasy series by Katherine Kim

Author:Katherine Kim [Kim, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

“Feeling better?” Tamika grinned down at her for a moment before plopping down in the grass at her hip.

“My body is dead. Only the sheer obnoxious irritation I feel for you is animating it now,” Faith answered with a groan. God, even her toenails were exhausted.

Tamika laughed. “Yeah, the first few sessions will probably do that. Ori took the kids in a while back, and a lot of the rest of the group was here for a refresher or just a workout. You're the one who'll be inventing curses for me tomorrow. Come on, Sugar, I bet there’s plenty of room in the hot tub.”

“That sounds fabulous. Just drop my body in on your way past, would you? I didn’t know you were a sadist,” Faith asked. She grinned up at Tamika. “But you were right. I’m too tired to be worried about stuff like guilt and responsibility. Was that your plan?”

“Well, it sure was part of it. Hard to self-flagellate when you’re too tired to raise your arms.” Tamika smirked.

Faith sighed. “I just wish I could be more help.”

“Like how?” Tamika stood and reached a hand down to Faith. “Come on, let’s get some more water bottles and hit that hot tub.”

Faith let her friend pull her up to her feet and rolled her shoulders. “Ugh, I’m not going to be able to move tomorrow, let alone curse anyone. And I don’t know. You and Aldric and everyone else can fight. Even Ken can help with his magic and his detective skills like he’s doing right now.” She grimaced. “Well, like he is when he’s not sniping at Aldric.”

“It’s going to take a while to get used to calling him Ken,” Tamika chuckled. “He’s been Detective Lincoln for years. Though he’s never been inside the house before, either. But I get what you’re saying.”

Faith rummaged through the cupboard near the small changing room, looking for her swimsuit. She found a great deal of water and two children’s swimsuits tossed into the bottom of the cupboard, wrapped up with towels and growled quietly to herself as she pulled them out and hung them up. She would need to remind Kaylee and Jake– and whoever was with them, apparently– about wet swimwear and mildew and what not.

Tamika frowned then rolled her eyes as Faith held up the soggy mess.

“Kids,” Faith grumbled again. “So, has Ken always been so rude to you guys?”

“Well, no. But like I said, he’s never been inside the house before. We’ve never really had to interact with him much beyond the occasional civic event,” Tamika shrugged. “But you have to remember, he’s got every reason to be wary. As do you, to be perfectly frank. You’re lucky it was Aldric that found you, not some random passing paranormal.”

Faith sighed. It wasn’t something she hadn’t thought before. She grabbed her own swimsuit and stepped out of Tamika’s way. The wolves weren’t especially fussy about nudity, but they did try to be aware of it in the communal areas of the clan house.

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