Rejected (Shadow Beast Shifters, #1)

by Jaymin Eve

Never waste time on bad books. There were too many amazing stories out there waiting to be discovered.

“One day, you’ll look rattled again,” Jaxson said, staring me down. “One day, I’ll figure out your weakness, and when I do, you’ll fucking belong to me. Like fate always intended.”

“You had everything in your hands, pup,” she said softly, “and you threw it away through pride and fear. You’ve lost what you could have had, and when our girl comes into her own, she’s going to rip your face off. I, for one, can’t wait to see that.”

“Shadow Beast,” I whispered. For this, I was rewarded with a smile. “At your service, pup.”

New goal: figure out how to toss him out into the snow and take over the library.

“You’re late,” he said. How two words could sound so ominous, I had no idea. “We don’t like to be kept waiting.” I pasted on my broadest smile, praying the red lipstick wasn’t smeared on my teeth. “A woman is never late, Shadow. We arrive precisely when we mean to.”

Friend two: Reece, the desert deity, was harder to categorize, but I had a sneaking suspicion he was the muscle.

Friend three: Alistair, the water warrior. The cool and calm in this hotheaded group.

I am one of the Chosen. We are gifted with extra power and skills and are considered to be oracles of a sort. Images from the future and past will come randomly to us. “Like a psychic?” Those black eyes bore into me. Nothing at all like a psychic. Okay, then. Friend four: Galleli—not a psychic.

Friend five: Lucien, master vampire. The smooth-talker—I’d been waiting for him.