Shifters and Secrets: GRIMM Academy Book 1 by R. L. Medina

Author:R. L. Medina [Medina, R. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moon Dragon Publishing
Published: 2020-08-21T05:00:00+00:00

13

My nose scrunched up as I undid my belt and stepped out. We were in the middle of the beach, parked on the sand and there were no other cars.

Was this some kind of joke? I really hoped not, because I was promised mind-blowing shrimp and if Javi didn’t deliver on that, my hangry side would surface.

“It’s warded. The parking lot and the shack too,” Shiloh explained.

I stared at her.

“Invisibility ward. So, the ordinaires can’t see anything… well, all they see is the shack, but it’s warded with rune locks too so they can never get in.”

Javi chuckled. “You should see them trying. Hi-lar-ious.”

“That seems kinds of mean.”

He frowned at me. “So, what, we should tell them all our secrets? They wouldn’t be able to handle the truth.”

“Some might.”

He paused and gave me a frustrated look. I could sense an argument coming.

“Yes, I agree. Some would, but some would not. The last time the ordinaires knew about the extraordinaire well… it led to a war,” Shiloh interrupted.

“How come no one remembers this war?”

Javi scoffed. “Because of the GRIMMs.”

Shiloh frowned at him. “And the extraordinaire. Without them unifying and using their magic, we wouldn’t have been able to perform such a huge spell.”

She turned to me. “The ancient fae created a rift for all the extraordinaire to leave this world to find new homes and those that chose to stay, agreed to the GRIMM laws.”

“And the ones that refused to leave and were determined to destroy us were killed or imprisoned,” Javi added.

“There’s a lot of events that happened that led up to that,” Shiloh agreed.

“And I’m guessing I’ll have to learn all this history?” I groaned. “So unfair. I already learned U.S. history and now I find out it’s all BS. I have to relearn it all!”

Javi opened the door for us, and a waft of warm bread and seafood hit us. My stomach rumbled in anticipation.

A curly haired middle-aged woman glanced up from the bar. “Welcome. Come in and find a seat. Someone will be with you.”

“Thanks. Gloria, you got the coconut shrimp tonight?” Javi shouted over the noise.

The woman grinned. “Of course.”

My eyes widened. The place was huge. Huge and packed. Javi led us past the front tables to a booth in the back. I slid in and glanced around. The shack was spacious with a beachy feel. What you would typically find in a beach restaurant—seashell decorations, a pretty pastel theme, and island music playing.

But there was something else, too. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but something felt… different.

“The magic. You feel it?” Shiloh noticed my scrunched-up face.

“I… I don’t know.”

She closed her eyes and lifted her hands up. “I feel it too. Gloria and her staff all have their conduits, so the magic is more concentrated here.”

I gaped at her. “What do they use the magic for?”

“They shouldn’t be using it for anything,” Javi cut in.

Ignoring him, Shiloh looked at me. “Magic can be used legally for all kinds of things as long as it doesn’t endanger or expose an ordinaire.

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