Emily Carrington

When Rose has to find a place to volunteer to satisfy an academy requirement, she never dreams she’d find a fellow werewolf running a soup kitchen that also features live music. Rose is a violinist and drummer trained in the Irish tradition and she longs to use her skills. It doesn’t hurt that the first picture she sees of Ama makes her go weak at the knees.<br><br>Ama, the werewolf who runs the soup kitchen, is suppressed and ruled by her parents. Due to several childhood struggles, she is seen by her family as weak. She tries to overcome this by running her own charity and helping people she considers less fortunate.<br><br>Their attraction is strong and instantaneous but is complicated when the two discover vampires are feeding from their customers. Rose wants to see vampires as a discriminated species; Ama views them as parasites. Neither assumption is quite accurate. Can Rose and Ama look past their differences and work together? Can they band together to protect not only the people they care about, but one another?

Love and the Living Tree

“No. I believe in the moon goddess. I just didn’t like it that people were being asked to believe a certain way.”


“Many churches don’t make belief a requirement for getting fed.”


Rose blinked, obviously confused. “Then if they’re not looking for converts, why do they do it?”


That was a complicated question. Rather than give the simplest answer, Ama said, “That varies person to person. But they’re not all out to proselytize.”


“I don’t know much about humans,” Rose admitted. “That will definitely have to change if I want to work for SearchLight.”


At least she knew that. Ama decided she could let down her guard a little. “What do you want to do for SearchLight?”


“I want to be an archivist.” Rose grinned. “I love organizing things and figuring out answers to others’ questions.”


Chapter 5