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I survived the thing that was supposed to kill me. Turns out, that was the easy part.
Weeks ago, I invoked the Primordial and walked away from it. My mother’s attempt to do the same killed her when I was a kid. Now, the Lakou wants to decide whether I’m still doing my job or becoming a problem they need to handle.
Their solution is a tribunal at the crossroads and a test I can’t refuse. I have to represent a priest who bargained with Damballah to save his drought-stricken village. The rain came. The crops survived. Now Damballah wants his payment.
The worst part? The priest may actually owe him.
I’ve spent my career fighting people who take more than they’re entitled to. I can handle a contract dispute, even when the opposing party is an ancient serpent god. What I can’t handle is the man who keeps watching me.
I don’t know who he is. Kalfou can’t figure it out either. Even Biscuit, my small, ugly, entirely-too-mouthy dog, gets twitchy whenever he’s nearby. Being watched is bad enough, but then someone starts trying to kill me. And not everything they send after me is human.
As if that isn’t enough, Baron Samedi is supposed to help the Lakou prove I’ve gone too far. Instead, he takes the stand and turns every charge against me into another example of why I’m good at my job. The other lwa are furious. Papa Legba is stunned. And the way Baron looks at me creates a problem I absolutely do not need.
If I fail the tribunal’s test, I could lose everything I have built. If I win the priest’s case outright, I may prove the Lakou’s point by protecting a mortal who knowingly made a bargain and accepted the benefits.
I need to find a third option. Of course, none of that will be possible if I don’t figure out who’s trying to kill me. I’ve spent my whole career making sure the powerful only take what they’re actually owed.
Now, with my life on the line, I have to prove that the rules apply to everyone.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Weeks ago, I invoked the Primordial and walked away from it. My mother’s attempt to do the same killed her when I was a kid. Now, the Lakou wants to decide whether I’m still doing my job or becoming a problem they need to handle.
Their solution is a tribunal at the crossroads and a test I can’t refuse. I have to represent a priest who bargained with Damballah to save his drought-stricken village. The rain came. The crops survived. Now Damballah wants his payment.
The worst part? The priest may actually owe him.
I’ve spent my career fighting people who take more than they’re entitled to. I can handle a contract dispute, even when the opposing party is an ancient serpent god. What I can’t handle is the man who keeps watching me.
I don’t know who he is. Kalfou can’t figure it out either. Even Biscuit, my small, ugly, entirely-too-mouthy dog, gets twitchy whenever he’s nearby. Being watched is bad enough, but then someone starts trying to kill me. And not everything they send after me is human.
As if that isn’t enough, Baron Samedi is supposed to help the Lakou prove I’ve gone too far. Instead, he takes the stand and turns every charge against me into another example of why I’m good at my job. The other lwa are furious. Papa Legba is stunned. And the way Baron looks at me creates a problem I absolutely do not need.
If I fail the tribunal’s test, I could lose everything I have built. If I win the priest’s case outright, I may prove the Lakou’s point by protecting a mortal who knowingly made a bargain and accepted the benefits.
I need to find a third option. Of course, none of that will be possible if I don’t figure out who’s trying to kill me. I’ve spent my whole career making sure the powerful only take what they’re actually owed.
Now, with my life on the line, I have to prove that the rules apply to everyone.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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