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FENRIR

He’s lonely, angry, and broken—and she was born to heal him.

Fenrir, Norse God of the wolves, is broken. Tortured, outcast, used, and betrayed, he has no one and nothing to live for… until he goes to one of the Underworld speed dating events at the DeLux Café and meets the one person made just for him—his fated mate.

Grace was born out of a union between the Moon Goddess Luna and her father, the Alpha of her pack. But while her adoptive mother lays dying on her sick bed, she makes Grace promise to leave their pack and search for her destiny in the Underworld.

Can Grace help Fenrir heal enough to see that he is worthy of love?

Can Fenrir protect Grace from the evils that are searching for her?

Or are they both doomed to succumb to their fates?

Fenrir is book twenty-nine in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world, featuring a broken Norse God, a hybrid wolf/Goddess shifter, and more.

CHAPTER1

Grace heldher mother’s hand and bowed her head to their joined fingers. Her mother squeezed her hand tight and took a ragged breath. Grace raised her tear-stung eyes and fought to be strong.

The scent of death filled the bedroom stronger than it had in the past two months, and Grace knew Fay’s time drew near. What she didn’t understand was why. Why was her mother sick? Why was her life being cut short by disease? She couldn’t put the pieces together to figure it out. Shifters didn’t get sick. Not even a cold. So getting cancer was unheard of. Grace wondered if it had been because Fay’s mate had left when she’d adopted Grace as her own, but no one would speak of what had happened between them. So she didn’t think that was it. Besides, that had been over twenty years ago.

Fay took a wheezy breath and smiled at Grace. “It’s time, my Goddess child. Call them in.”

Grace fought to hold back more tears. She didn’t know what her mother wanted to tell the elders. But she also knew that they would follow her mother’s wishes, whatever it was. When Fay’s mate, Grace’s biological father, the Alpha of their pack, had disappeared, Fay took charge. Being an Alpha herself, she had held the pack together. Under her rule, they had thrived.

Even though everyone knew Fay wasn’t Grace’s biological mother, they had accepted Grace as their own. They’d treated Grace with both love and respect. She’d always thought it was because Grace was the former Alpha’s daughter, but then Fay had told her the truth of her birth. Grace’s mother hadn’t just been another shifter female that her father had cheated with. It had been the Moon Goddess Luna herself. And unable to bear her children, Fay had happily accepted the gift of Grace from the Goddess. It had been Fay’s mate, Grace’s father, who hadn’t been able to deal with the results of his infidelity.

“Grace, your destiny lies far from these woods,” Fay had said. “You must go before it’s too late.”

Grace shook her head. “I won’t leave you.”

Fay brushed the hair from Grace’s face. “My sweet Goddess child. You have been the light of my life, but you and I both know this is not where you belong. You cannot remain here after I’m gone. Your light and power are reserved for someone of far nobler birth than any of the males here. Not to mention that you aren’t like the rest of us. You are different. You know what I speak of.”

Grace did know. It was the reason she’d never shifted in front of anyone but her mom. Why she never ran with the pack. Why she never partook in the mating rituals. She was no normal shifter.

“Go. Please. Promise me. Promise you will go far away and find the person you were meant for.”

Fay squeezed Grace’s hand so tight Grace had been afraid it would break. It surprised Grace how much strength her mother had left in her hands. It had been a week since she’d been able to hold utensils to feed herself.

“But… where will I find someone like that?”

“The Underworld. Go to the Underworld. Someone there is waiting for you. The Goddess told me.”

Fay never called the Moon Goddess Grace’s mother. She only ever referred to her as the Goddess. Grace wondered if it was out of respect or possibly because saying it would remind Fay that Grace wasn’t her child by blood. Either way, it didn’t matter to Grace. As far as she was concerned, Fay was her mother. The only one she’d ever known.

Grace scrunched up her face. “What? What is the Underworld? Is it a bar? A city?”

Fay shook her head. “The Underworld. Lucifer, Hades, Hel, The Underworld. You’ll find an entrance in Los Angeles. The Goddess will guide you where you need to go. Follow her guidance. I did the best I could for you. She gave me a gift I never thought I would ever have. But your time has come. You have a destiny to fulfill. One that I knew would take you from me sooner or later. I wish…” She took in a ragged breath. “I wish we had more time.”

Grace fought to understand Fay’s words. Underworld? Lucifer? Los Angeles? Destiny? She didn’t understand.

“Go,” said Fay. “Go now before I do. He will come as soon as I’m gone. This is the only way to keep you safe.”

Grace shook her head. “Safe from who?”

The Alpha gold tinge overtook Fay’s eyes, and though her alpha commands had never worked on Grace, she’d always respected what it meant. It meant business.

“I command you to go now. I command you to leave and seek out the Underworld. Don’t stop until you get there. Until you are safe.” Fay’s voice came out stronger than it had in months. The wave of command pushed through Grace, and though it didn’t compel her to do what her mother wanted, Grace knew that disobeying would disrespect the woman who had loved, raised, and protected her.

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