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Geri said that it ll be easy to drive from here out to Weasel and Topper s dad s place and do the
spell.
That s good. Make sure you have them call home. In fact, you all should let folks know
you re okay. I looked through his eyes and saw the long driveway that curved up to a house on
top of a small butte that overlooked the town. The house dominated the butte, and there was no
way that anyone would ve been able to get there without someone from the house seeing them. It
would also make it impossible for someone using mundane means to escape undetected. How
are Geri and Cindy getting along?
They ve spent a lot of time posturing and growling at one another. I ve never seen Geri
act this aggressively with anyone. It s almost like she wants Cindy s place in the werewolf
pack.
I doubt Geri s ever had to deal with another alpha female wer before. It wouldn t be so
bad if they weren t similar species, and as Geri gets more used to handling her wer feelings, it ll
get easier for her to control that side of her personality. Right now, Cindy s just too close and
she s bringing her coyote self more to the surface. Not to mention the closeness of the full moon.
Even a mage of Geri s training would have problems dealing with this happening so soon in
their werelife. Just stay close to Geri and keep her out of trouble.
Through Alex s eyes I saw the car stop in a small parking lot filled with expense SUVs
and sports cars. If I had to guess, I d say that the wererats were doing well for themselves in the
adult entertainment business.
I hope you re right. And of course Geri isn t overly happy with me at the moment either,
but I m sure we ll get past that. I felt his shoulders shrug as he climbed out of the car.
You and I will sit down with her when this is all over and talk to her about what s
happening. She ll adjust to it and everything will get back on track. Unless I missed my guess,
the doors they approached were thick mahogany. I saw Geri and Cindy walking side by side in a
stiff stride that did little to hide their animosity toward one another. To anyone used to reading
body language, they both screamed personal conflict. Hopefully, the wererats wouldn t see that
as a weakness they could exploit. They stopped and let Tamela knock on the door. Have you
felt the place for magic?
Geri had both Topper and I scanning since we left the highway. So far, nothing more
than the basic werestuff.
Though his eyes, I could tell he called on his mage sight and Geri blazed brightly in front
of him, the form of the coyote looming large over her. Cindy s wolf was almost as large, but not
nearly as bright. And Tamela s weresignature shone just slightly larger than her human form. He
glanced around the area that he could see and outside of the guys, nothing else flashed with
magic.
Good, the fewer surprises in all of this the better. Let s hope these ladies are smart and
Estaben and Marcella don t have their claws in too deep for them to see reason.
The door opened slowly and a lovely young human woman stood in the glow from the
lights behind her.
Geri, Sara said to expect you and a couple of friends. Please come in. I heard her
plainly though Alex s ears. She gestured for the group to enter into the brightly-lit tile entryway.
She closed the door behind them before walking through the group looking each one up and
down with a very schooled eye.
So Geri, have you decided to bring your students out here for some much-needed
experience? The woman laughed lightly as Weasel and Topper blushed under her scrutiny.
Sorry Lisa, we have other business with your mistresses tonight, but I ll keep it in mind
for the future. You never know when my gang might be in need of your tender mercies, Geri all
but growled.
They can have her tender mercies, not my type, Alex told me, his emotions flowing
through our link as he followed Geri and Cindy in Lisa s wake.
Lisa led them down the short hallway to a grand entrance hall. Couches and chairs were
arranged in small groupings around a marble floor. Several of the groupings held girls either
alone or in groups, all talking to well-dressed men. As Alex s gaze passed over the groups, we
only caught a flash of a couple of wererats among the women. All of the men appeared non-
magical and human. Lisa led them through a small door on the left side of the room near a large
fireplace that dominated the wall with its huge stones and heavy oak mantel.
The next room held a large desk at the far end with several wing-back chairs facing it and
a pair of Queen Ann sofas on opposing walls. Behind the desk sat one of the largest women I d
ever seen. Above her hung the heavy aura of a rat; its beady-red spectral eyes glared out at the
world. Long, perfectly-groomed blonde hair held small jewels braided into it. On the wall behind
her, a map of the world hung with small notations that Alex couldn t make out from his vantage
point. Another woman, as skinny as the other was fat, lounged on the sofa to the desk s right. A
few feathers had been worked into her hair, but otherwise, she was unadorned.
The large woman rose, or at least I think she rose. It looked like she made the motions of
rising, but she grew no taller as she waddled around the side of the desk.
Geri, it s been a long time, she said, her breaths nearly heaving. I ve been meaning to
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