Magical Midlife Alliance by K. F. Breene

Author:K. F. Breene [Breene, K. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hazy Dawn Press, Inc.
Published: 2023-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

Jessie

Later that night, I had to cut out the house link to all my people so they weren’t constantly inundated with my nerves. They ran through me like a living thing, shaking my limbs and quickening my breath.

I stared at myself in the mirror, checking over the silky cream dress with the plunging neckline and a slit up my right thigh. Sapphires surrounded in diamonds dripped down my chest in a fairly simple but incredibly expensive design that matched the cut of the dress. More swung from my earlobes. The multicolored Gimerel bracelet adorned my wrist.

I’d already had a run-in with one of the cairns, and now I was about to issue a challenge to another. I was really betting on aces. And this time we’d have that huge lead enforcer to answer to. If he was as good as he was big, he’d be a real problem in the air. A problem I would struggle to deal with, what with my small wings and slow maneuvers.

Thank God I had magic, or that whole thing would probably be over before it had begun.

“Right, okay,” I whispered to myself, checking my hair and makeup. “Head in the game.”

A car rolled up the driveway. It was too early for the dinner guests, so I was guessing my new wheels had arrived. Mr. Tom had chosen the perfect ride—he’d said so himself. He wouldn’t tell me what it was, though. Or maybe he had, but he’d had too much caffeine for me to make sense of whatever he was babbling about. All I did know was that it was supposed to make the Porsche somehow seem inconsequential.

It would do nothing but sit in the driveway and look pretty tonight. I was the host. The leaders, along with two enforcers each, were coming to me.

Breathing out a nervous breath, trying to dislodge the butterflies filling my middle, I left the mirror and headed downstairs. Austin waited right at the bottom, turning toward me as I descended.

The breath left me in a gust of air, and I slowed and reached out to clutch the banister. He wore a crisp and tailored tuxedo, the jacket flat black with a wide and shiny lapel. A black bow tie matched the black buttons down the front of the cream dress shirt beneath. Draped around his neck was a black-and-cream-checkered silk scarf, giving the ensemble a little flair. A sparkling watch, a gift from Sebastian, encircled his wrist, and his hair was styled in that spiky, messy style I loved. The best thing, though, was the five o’clock shadow gracing his gorgeous face, making him look a little more rugged than those clothes might suggest. He looked fit and strong and powerful, but posh and sophisticated and incredibly handsome. Perfect.

He waited for me with a soft sparkle in his eyes, one hand at his side and one bent behind his back. I finished descending the stairs to meet him.

“My God, Jess, you look beautiful.” He leaned in to kiss me softly on the cheek, probably so as to not disturb my lipstick.

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