Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)

by T.A. White

At home, you could sometimes feel the coming of a storm when there wasn't a cloud in the sky. He got the same feeling when he looked at her.

Graydon growled, the sound raising the hair on Kira's neck. She blinked at him. Was he really growling at her?

"What are they doing?" he asked with a scowl. "Practicing," Kira said succinctly. "Practicing for what?" "The shitstorm that is life."

"Why do I get the feeling your surprises might be more than I can handle?" she asked. His smile was slow and wicked. "You can handle me, coli. I promise."

"Every day I find myself more and more glad you disrupted my normal, safe existence to drag me into this nest of vipers,"