FTF: Cipher by Moira Rogers

Calling Paranormal fans. I'm sure you've heard of Moira Rogers. Right?

You're in for a treat because today I've got a wee excerpt from Cipher.

Cipher is the fourth book in Rogers' Southern Arcana series.

Fourteen months ago, Kat Gabriel learned a brutal truth. Under the wrong circumstances, her empathic ability is no gift. It's a deadly weapon. Now her soul bears the inescapable weight of those deaths—and it aches for the loss of the easy relationship she once shared with Andrew Callaghan. Unleashing her power saved his life, but she couldn't save his humanity.

Since the attack that turned him into a werewolf, Andrew's sole focus has been to make himself stronger. Pushing her away hurt like hell, but Kat doesn't need a friend. She needs a protector strong enough to shield her from the supernatural world that forced her to kill. Strong enough to resist their volatile connection.

As Kat's quest to understand the violent legacy of her past leads her into the darkest underbelly of the psychic world, Andrew is at her side. Yet every step forward rips open old emotional wounds and shakes their control. Where they're headed, distractions of any kind can be fatal—especially when the greatest threat they pose is to each other.

Oh, and a word of warning:

The book contains a dangerous shapeshifter who could kill you with his bare hands, an empathic hacker who could kill you with her mind, a psychic cult determined to kill everyone, a lot of violence, a little bit of hope, and a happily-ever-after seven years in the making.

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Enjoy!

Kat stormed the Southeast council's newly acquired headquarters armed with a laptop, a printout of the offending email, and all of her arguments carefully marshaled. Then she went in search of Miguel's brother.

When she knocked, an unintelligible shout from inside beckoned her. She found Julio stirring a big pot of something on the industrial range, and he waved her over as she walked into the kitchen. "I guess those wards Mari put up work. Unless…" He eyed her as he wiped his hands on a towel. "You're not here to kill me, are you?"

She flinched, and hated herself for it. Julio was joking. He wasn't afraid of her–sometimes she thought the damn man wasn't afraid of anyone–and even knowing it in her bones, with the confidence only empathy could bring…she flinched. If she closed her eyes, she might see the office, echoes of the nightmare that still woke her in a cold sweat. Walls painted in blood, wolves howling in challenge–

"You hungry? I got a head start on lunch."

Kat dragged in an unsteady breath and used Julio's confidence to ground herself. He wasn't afraid of her, and the easy strength that surrounded him was better than a warm blanket for a jumpy empath. "No, I was force-fed waffles before I left the apartment."

He laughed. "I know my brother was there, but I'm guessing he wasn't the one who made breakfast."

Of course he knew. Kat had rolled from her bed into the shower, but one shower wouldn't be enough to erase Miguel's scent from her skin, not when he'd spent the night hogging more than half of the bed. Kat felt her cheeks heat and compensated by dropping her laptop bag onto the wide island in the kitchen. "He kept me and Sera company last night and didn't want to drive home."

One dark eyebrow shot up. "Tell the truth–he didn't want to go home, full stop."

Kat eased her laptop out of its case and shrugged. "You know Miguel. He's not all that interested in the shapeshifter new world order."

"That's putting it mildly. Joke's on him, though, because I was here all night." Julio slid onto a stool and propped his elbows on the countertop. "What's up?"

She'd thought of all of the arguments to convince him to help, but the one thing she hadn't considered was where to begin. "You know my parents died a while ago, right? My parents and my aunt and uncle, all at the same time."

"Andrew told me about it, yeah. He said that's how Derek ended up taking care of you."

Andrew's name shouldn't make her heart twist, not after this long. "Derek came down to New Orleans when his parents died, because I was already living here. With his parents, I mean. My mother…" There was no good way to put it, though her father had always tried. Your mother's not feeling so great right now, munchkin. "My mom was a little nuts."

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