Enemies by Fate: An Enemies-to-Lovers Reverse Harem Shifter Romance by Vera Rivers

Author:Vera Rivers [Rivers, Vera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

Afternoon sunshine dips behind the distant mountains as I sit at the plush window seat by the balcony. I wonder if Circe and Sadie are panicking about me now, and guilt eats away at me.

Warrick enters with a crate in his arms.

“I know there’s a TV, but you don’t seem that interested in it,” he comments, nodding at the black screen of the mounted device in the sitting room. I turn away from the balcony window to peer at him curiously and realize he’s holding a box full of books. “Are you much of a reader?”

My heart skips at the sight as I throw my legs over the side of the nook and wander toward him to look at the titles. “Yes!” I reply honestly. “I love to read.”

He grins. “Me too.”

Warrick gestures at the box. “I took a guess at what books might interest you,” he informs me as I near, and I’m impressed by the selection. “But I guess there’s no reason you can’t go down to the library yourself and pick out what you want.”

Jaw slacking, I stare at him. “You have a library here?” I ask in disbelief as he sets the crate on the ground.

He nods proudly. “The Bloodstones have added to it for generations,” he explains. “Dating back to the first Apex Alphas. You said you were raised by a witch, right?”

I tense at the reminder, but I nod, expecting him to ask more questions about Sadie.

Warrick smiles. “We have an entire section on ancient magic and spells. You could probably work on some of your spells if you get the urge.”

“Oh,” I laugh, relaxing as I reach for one of the titles. “I don’t think so.”

“You don’t have to worry about blowing anything up. We have our own fixers around here,” Warrick chuckles. “You’d be amazed at how much crap Malachi got into in his youth. There’s nothing you can do that can’t be fixed.”

I chuckle at the mental image of Malachi in his earlier years wreaking havoc on the estate.

“No, really, I don’t think I will.”

“It might be fun. You could show us how to do spells,” Warrick presses.

Shaking my head, I replace the book in my hand back in the box. “No, I mean… I didn’t really practice magic that often. I’m not a witch, so it’s never felt natural to me.”

He appears startled by the revelation. “Aren’t you part of a coven?”

“I mean… yes… but no,” I mutter, trying to explain it to him. “The witches never really accepted me as one of them, so I never went above and beyond what was expected by my mom. They always knew I wasn’t a witch, even if they didn’t know exactly what I was. They tolerated me because of my mom. Then when I started shifting, they really didn’t want me around. I guess shifters and witches don’t work together well?”

“That’s not always true,” Warrick sighs, but he avoids my eyes. “They just try to keep their lives separate—like us with humans.

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