Year of the Rabbit: (Dark MM Paranormal Bakery Romance) (Shifters of the Chinese Zodiac Book 1) by Anni Lee

Author:Anni Lee [Lee, Anni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

Yet he thanked me profusely for offering something he could safely use to escape, what he called, a growing Adderall addiction he’d developed to keep up with his work and studies. I flushed at the genuine gratitude, taking a moment to revel in that little boost of endorphins from having knowingly helped yet another person in our little cursed and magical city.

Right, I did good for people. This city needed me. There was a reason I got up every day and came to work. My magical existence wasn’t just a burden that got people killed or drove them mad. Not most days.

I wanted that to be much more of a comfort than it was in reality. But every time I forcefully talked myself up in my head, memories shook me with such vivid clarity that I could still hear Derek’s last breaths. Of Eliot’s anger. Suffering I’d caused all around. The blindfold had only served to intensify the sounds, and now those sounds haunted me. It was strange to say that I’d never been around death, despite the sheer number of very deadly creatures I’d served over the years. Hell, I wasn’t even allowed to stir the batter for the special order murder cupcakes. That was my father’s realm, and his realm only.

Maybe I was too innocent for this job. For these people. I’d resolved to stay single since that first super moon had showed me what came of getting too close to someone, but lately I felt like I was getting pulled in the wrong direction and it was scaring me. Not the least of which because, as much as I should condemn Eliot and Jun, I’d borderline already forgiven them in my mind. I’d made it my fault and not theirs. It was my fault.

I sighed and slumped against the wall, staring at those perfect pastries in the display case. The one and only thing I did right for anyone.

The worst part of all was I didn’t even have anyone to talk to about this to sort out my feelings and get my head on straight. I didn’t want to talk to my parents. Not only would they not understand, but they were both likely far more accustomed to the ugliness of shifter and warlock politics than I was, and they wouldn’t see the big deal. And even if that wasn’t the case, talking to my parents about my… experiences was just plain embarrassing. My sister might be a good resource in the sense that she was also a half breed, but she was a powerful Alpha, and not remotely aware of what it felt like to be prey instead of the predator. I wasn’t that close with her anyways. It was easier to talk about these things with Eliot than it was my own family.

Ugh.

And that was the real problem. Somehow, in this span of working together, I’d started to really kind of, sort of like talking to Eliot. Warming up to him was easier and more natural than I wanted to acknowledge.

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