Wicked in the Pines (Celestial Haven Book 1) by L.R. Friedman

Author:L.R. Friedman [Friedman, L.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798986207971
Publisher: L.R. Friedman
Published: 2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Lynx

I wrapped the towel around myself, still shivering from my cold shower. While my libido had calmed down, my body felt like a live wire, drenched in the lust I’d channeled from Oakley and the rest of our coven and their full moon activities.

When I walked into the bedroom Saros was still fully dressed, legs crossed with case files strewn around him in a messy circle. His version of organized chaos. I knew better than to question it.

Brow furrowed, he squinted at the holographic board situated in front of the bed.

“Someone looks sour.”

He pointed at the hologram, shifting a string and repositioning an orb into another spot. He was looking at the timeline again—which disappearances had happened and after which new moons. “Not all of us have time to think with our dicks when there are people missing or potentially murdered out there.”

“Ah.” I picked up a few of the case files, making room for myself to sit across from him on the bed. “I see.”

“What?” He finally looked up at me before snatching the files from my hand. The air slithered around us, telling me there was more to him just being annoyed with work. “I’m not jealous, if that’s what you’re thinking,” he continued, much too quickly. Envy pulsed through him, laced with a thick ribbon of sugar. Lust.

“Your lips might be saying one thing but that other sensation I’m getting from you disagrees.” I knew better than to mention the other one, though I’m sure he already knew he couldn’t hide anything from me. We’d been friends and colleagues—occasionally more—for over a decade now.

He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Can’t you turn that off?”

“No more than you can,” I stated, arching a brow at him.

“Fair enough.”

I knew that would shut him up. Not that it was what I wanted, but he wouldn’t tell me what was really going on tonight, not even when I’d let him use his gift on me to replenish his magic. It was rare Saros ever said exactly what was on his mind. Fortunately, we’d known each other so long that between my empath status and that foundation, I could usually piece it together myself.

My attention drifted to the board, trying to note if anything else on it had changed before I walked in. There were still a few key suspects on the list when it came to the disappearances: a rebellious group of shifters whose favorite full moon spot had been encroached on when this street was built; the Vivaldi Syndicate, a vampire mob with their fingers in many of the supernatural and mortal communities; and finally, a rival coven. There were three others in Celestial Haven housed on Sable Sky Street, Meridian Manor, and Astral Plains Place, not to mention the twenty-seven others spread throughout the globe, though their distance made it less likely with the power they would need to cast from so far.

As agents of SNO-OPS, Supernatural Neighborhood Order Operations, it was our job to handle intersupernatural community conflict.

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