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“They want us to do a North American and international tour,” Noah says. “It’ll mean leaving Cosmos City for quite a while. Hope you like traveling.”

Adam takes a swig of beer before telling us, “I won’t be coming with you. Truth? Regina already told me about the deal.”

“That tricky fairy!” I exclaim.

Adam laughs. “She had to. Her and I have been making arrangements. She’ll chaperone you from now on, along with another monster. Since her schedule is so hectic, I didn’t want to dump the job in her lap without backup.”

Regina has a full client roster, and it’s been filling up even more since we returned from our adventure in Glamour. I was wondering how she’d even manage to come on tour with us all the time.

“We’ll miss you,” I tell him.

“Oh, you’ll still see me.” He turns to Brigette for a moment, takes her hand in his. “Just not as often. Besides, I have new duties to take care of, too.”

“Adam is my new second-in-command,” Brigette tells us. “He’s going to help me run the pack.”

“And you’re invited to our engagement party at Night Glamour, if you can squeeze it into your busy schedule,” Adam says, then he lifts his new finance’s hand and swipes a kiss over it.

“Congratulations!” I exchange a shocked look with Noah, but a part of me isn’t surprised. Though I wasn’t sure if Adam had hooked up with Brigette or Regina. Now I have my answer. “How long have you two been together?”

Brigette cast Noah and I a guilty glance. “Since before Noah was kidnapped, but we’ve been keeping our relationship a secret so my dad and those loyal to him in the pack wouldn’t find out.” She gives Adam a loving gaze. “Dad wouldn’t have approved, since Adam and he were at odds long before Malcolm was killed. I was afraid he’d murder Adam too.”

“So when’s the big day?” Noah asks.

Brigette’s eyes widen and she holds up her hand. “Whoa! We aren’t rushing it. We’ve both got a lot of other stuff on our plate to deal with first.”

“I’m glad you two decided to join the pack,” Adam says. “We can use all the allies we can get.”

“We don’t know what will happen when the wolves who were loyal to Dad are let out. They could still reject my alpha status and challenge the pack’s decision.”

“Which is why it’s also a good idea for you two to have extra protection on the outside,” Adam says. “There’s a chance these wolves could come after you eventually. We’re going to need to be cautious.”

“How long are they in for?” Noah frowns in obvious concern.

“Three years before they can apply for parole,” Brigette says. “But monsters have broken out of the lower levels before, or paid magic wielders to open doorways into your world from the lower levels. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.”

“Another reason why it’s so important for you to be a part of the pack and visit Glamour often,” Adam says. “To stay informed.”

A tight fist of worry knots in my gut. While life is great, I have to wonder how long it will be before we get tied up in another monster drama like the one we just escaped. I’m hoping it doesn’t arrive anytime soon.

Now there’s only one mystery left to solve. Who our potential new lead guitarist might be.

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Chapter 16

We meet Regina at the studio where we’ve recorded our demos and online tunes. She’s her usually bubbly self, and when I remember her more mystical side I find the contrast so strange, in a good way. Inside Glamour, she was more reserved, always calm and in control. While she’s always in control in her human form too, she’s definitely more animated. And to think I never even knew about her secret life, the secret life of all my friends, until recently. I’ve gotten over being angry at them. After all, I’ve got a secret life now too, as a werewolf, so how can I judge what I’m a part of?

“Did you hear the news?” Her eyes widen and she beams.

I take a seat near the guitar stand that holds a black, V shaped Fender. “About Brigette and Adam? Yeah! That’s awesome!”

“Wait until you see their engagement party,” she chirps. “Werewolves really know how to throw a shebang you’ll never forget.”

Noah grins and raises and eyebrow. “So you know about us joining the pack then, I guess?”

She gives a slightly guilty look. “Yeah, Brigette phoned me about it last night. I’m so happy you decided to join! It’s better if us monsters stick together. If Pierre’s wolves have allies we don’t know about who aren’t in the lower levels, we might still have a fight on our hands.”

I nod, but I look away, afraid to think about another battle with supernatural creatures.

Regina mistakes this for anger directed at her. “I’m sorry I kept secrets from you for so long, Merry.” She walks close and puts a hand on my shoulder. “If I could’ve told you, I would’ve.”

“Like I said before, no worries.” I pat her hand.

While monsters are allowed to walk among humans, even interact with them, they can’t reveal their true nature, as I learned when I first encountered the world of Glamour. All my monster friends keep ramming this fact into my brain until I could recite it in my sleep. If they do reveal themselves to a human, said person must swear secrecy. And breaking that oath can result in death.

She gives me a big hug. “Cool. Thank you.” Then she glances between me and Noah, claps her hands, and gives a little jump. “Ready to meet your new lead guitarist?”

“I thought we were auditioning a couple people today?” Noah wears a curious frown as he walks up to the mike stand.

“You’ll like this one.” She winks. “Trust me.”

Then she flits out of the studio and through the control room before disappearing out of the door that leads to a main reception area.

“So who do you think it is?” I ask Noah, picking up my bass and plucking out a few chords while we wait. “Another werewolf? Maybe one of her fairy sisters?”

He laughs. “My money is on a harpy.”

“Wow, you have those, too? I really have no idea what I’ve gotten in to.”

He shakes his head and grins. “No, you don’t. But we’ll have fun figuring it out together.”

“I don’t know if anyone ever figures out Glamour.”

Our joking around stops as Regina enters the control room with a massive giant that wears a hoodie pulled low over his face. I’ve no doubt Regina talked him into this air of mystery presence. If there’s one thing I know about our manager, she’s all about putting on a performance. Taking his paw-like hand, she leads him toward the studio.

I look at my watch, wondering why Rita hasn’t shown up yet. She notoriously late, though. A few seconds later, just as Regina and the giant are walking in, she runs into the control room with her drumsticks. She smoothes a hand over her disheveled red hair and glances into the studio at me and Noah. Her eyes widen when her gaze sets on the giant.

Regina pauses in her introduction and crosses her arms under her breasts, looking mildly annoyed. Rita says nothing as she scurries behind the drum kit and sits on her stool.

I hold up a finger, indicating Regina should wait just a moment longer so I can talk to my best friend. Regina’s annoyance grows, and she taps her toe against the hardwood floor, but she waits.

“Is everything okay?” I whisper, bending close to Rita.

“Yeah, everything’s fine.” She gives a quick smile and avoids my eyes. “I just needed to feed and Andre and Brigette stayed a little longer than I thought they would.”

“You just fed,” I say, feeling a surge of suspicion. “You shouldn’t need to again already, should you?”

She rolls her eyes at me, but smiles when she says, “What’re you, my mother?”

I stare at her until she meets my gaze. When she does, I see a sheepish expression that worries me. “Are you with Andre? You know what he did to us…”

She sighs, peeks around me at the others to see how closely they’re listening. “No, I’m not with him, okay. Not technically. How’re we supposed to get busy with a werewolf nanny watching us anyway?”

“But you’re interested,” I hiss low. “Having feelings for him? Sympathy? Something is up.”

“I don’t know what’s going on,” she whisper-shouts, gesturing wildly with her hands. “Yeah, I feel something for him. Brigette said it’s probably due to the bond he and I now have. Like how you have a bond with Pierre ’cause he’s your maker. Only mine with Andre is growing stronger because he’s helping me. Look…” She glances down at her fingers then back at me. “He really is sorry for what he did. I know it’s hard to forgive him, but I think the more he proves himself, the more he deserves at least that—our forgiveness.”

I’m not impressed, to say the least. The one monster I’m not ready to forgive is Andre, but, for now, I have to let this go and trust Brigette won’t let Rita do anything stupid during the feeding and training sessions. After all, she wouldn’t want to put Glamour in any danger. Maybe Andre really can rehabilitate. Time will tell.

“Can we get this started?” the giant says in a deep, rumbling voice. “This hoodie is getting hot.” He pulls it off and I recognize our potential new band mate.

“Ugh, you’ve completely ruined his entrance, Rita Calhoun.” Regina glares at our drummer.

Rita shrugs, looking like a shamed dog. “Sorry.”

The big guy standing near Regina is the troll bartender I met at the pub Adam took us to when we first entered Glamour. Sean, I think his name was.

Regina waves her hands in front of Sean like she’s one of those showcase girls on that old game show and he’s a brand new refrigerator. “Meet your new lead guitarist, Sean Drover.”

“You’re the troll from the bar.” I smile, and Rita gives me a confused glance.

“Nice to see you, Sean.” Noah gives him a knuckle bump. “You sure you wanna give up the pub for this place? That business has been in your family for centuries.”

The troll shrugs as he walks farther into the studio. “Change is good. Besides, Regina needs some help chaperoning you all, and it gives me an excuse to spend more time with her. Adam’s making sure the pub is taken care of.”

“So that’s who you’re with!” I blurt, and Regina starts to giggle. Now it made sense when Adam told her he’d take her back to his place, after she was drained from conjuring the portals. He meant the pub he helps Sean take care of. And here, all this time, I thought Regina was scooping up our groupies.

“I couldn’t tell you we were together before.” She glances at me and Rita. “I’ve been sneaking him into concerts for about a year now.”

I hand the Fender over to Sean as he thunders, “You guys are awesome. When Regina asked me if I wanted to try out for lead guitar, I didn’t hesitate.”

“Trolls are very musical,” Regina says proudly as she drapes an arm over Sean’s huge shoulders. “Wait till you hear him shred.”

The troll blushes and looks away. “Aww, thanks, sweetie. But I’m no Steve Vai or anything.”

“Play for us, dude!” I shout, urging on the shy troll.

He positions the guitar and adjusts his hand on the neck. Then his fingers sail over the strings and he makes the instrument wail expertly. My mouth drops open and Rita and Noah gape at him.

“I had no idea you could do that,” Noah says.

Looks like Glamour still holds a lot of surprises for all of us
, I think to myself as I pick up my bass again.

“We should write a song about our new monster life,” Rita says, while she tunes her drums. “Shit, make that a whole album.”

“I get to read the lyrics first,” Regina pipes up. “Have to approve them, ya know? Can’t have human beans learning about us monster types.”

Laughing, Rita rolls her eyes. “Yeah, cause it’s not like hundreds of writers haven’t told stories about monsters before.”

“Make that millions, actually.” Sean winks and rips into another wild riff.

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Waking Up Werewolf

(Waking Up Werewolf Series Part 1)

By C.J. Sneere

Warren appreciated the perfect life he now possessed. He just doubted it would last. He chided the cynic in him for being unappreciative as he walked his and Tamara’s dog, Tulle--a Boston Terrier / Beagle mix who had to sniff everything within her path.

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It was time to come out of his closet and admit he was bisexual. If he and Tamara were going to spend the rest of their lives together--and Warren didn’t plan on getting divorced--then she needed to know everything about him. He wanted no surprises after they said ‘I do.’

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