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One woman holds the key to making the fallen angels whole again — unless she allows the ghosts from the past to keep her from her future.
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Jax ran his nose along her shoulder. “We don’t have access to our beasts anymore. They’re ghosts now. Hiding within us like the remnants of long passed loved ones. That’s why the shifter community calls us Ghost Shifters. Our animals are dead. Only their spirits left to haunt us as a reminder of how we used to be. Hell, that’s not even how we were born.”
Sorrow laced his voice, and it pulled at Cass’s heart. They’d lost a part of themselves. Did anyone else outside of the Were community know? Shifters came out about thirty years ago and said that they were just a natural part of human evolution and were finally ready to come out among humans. She had never heard of Ghost Shifters.
“What happened?” she asked, her voice a whisper as she looked up at Jax.
He cleared his throat and then got up from the couch. Pushing the coffee table out, he sat down on it and faced her. Staring down at his hands, he drummed his fingers together and made a clicking sound with his teeth. “We didn’t want to kill our brethren, so a group of us came here to sit out the war. We were cursed, and our grace was taken from us because of it.”
Their grace? A war? Cass shook her head, looking back and forth between Jax and Damon. “I don’t understand.” She cupped her hands over her mouth as realization dawned on her. It couldn’t be. It didn’t make any sense.
Jax nodded. He looked down, and his hair fell in his face, hiding his eyes. “I think you do.”
“Say it,” she said. “Don’t make me guess. I mean, I think I know where you’re going, but you have to tell me.”
If she was really sitting here with two… No. They couldn’t be. It didn’t make any sense in her head. Her heart felt empty and full at the same time, and the fine hairs on the back of her neck stood at attention.
Sorrow laced his voice, and it pulled at Cass’s heart. They’d lost a part of themselves. Did anyone else outside of the Were community know? Shifters came out about thirty years ago and said that they were just a natural part of human evolution and were finally ready to come out among humans. She had never heard of Ghost Shifters.
“What happened?” she asked, her voice a whisper as she looked up at Jax.
He cleared his throat and then got up from the couch. Pushing the coffee table out, he sat down on it and faced her. Staring down at his hands, he drummed his fingers together and made a clicking sound with his teeth. “We didn’t want to kill our brethren, so a group of us came here to sit out the war. We were cursed, and our grace was taken from us because of it.”
Their grace? A war? Cass shook her head, looking back and forth between Jax and Damon. “I don’t understand.” She cupped her hands over her mouth as realization dawned on her. It couldn’t be. It didn’t make any sense.
Jax nodded. He looked down, and his hair fell in his face, hiding his eyes. “I think you do.”
“Say it,” she said. “Don’t make me guess. I mean, I think I know where you’re going, but you have to tell me.”
If she was really sitting here with two… No. They couldn’t be. It didn’t make any sense in her head. Her heart felt empty and full at the same time, and the fine hairs on the back of her neck stood at attention.