“Thank you for calling Centerburg Bank and Credit account management. This is Leigh, how may I help you?!” 

For the millionth time since I started this job, I wonder how I got stuck here in my hometown, when all my other high school friends, even my old crush Donovan, managed to go on to do so many more cool things in way better places.

“Hey, Leigh, how was your weekend?” A voice like smoke and velvet flows through the headset that soothes my Lycan ears.

Butterflies and sparks make my cheeks flush.

How is it possible for a Lycan to fall in love with a voice? 

***

Mackenzie thought her life working at the local bank was boring and simple until, suddenly, it wasn’t. 

Can such a simple love survive the return of an old flame, brutal fights with Shifters, and a violent mystery that rocks a small town?

It will be a close call, but for Lycans, you can always press one.

For Lycans, Press One is created by Meg Carlyle, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

For Lycans, Press One

“Damn, I hope it’s not burned,” I grumble as I pull the homemade lasagna from the oven. 


I sniff it, taking in the cheesy and tomato smell. No, it’s perfect. I’m still a bit put out that despite my parents wanting me to have lunch at their house every Sunday, I’m still expected to make lunch from scratch and bring it.


Not that I don’t love my parents, it’s just that I’ve had a long week, and cooking something to their liking means buying organic ingredients from the nice grocery store. 


I put on a nice blouse and my good jeans while the lasagna cools and remind myself to also grab the apple crumble I picked up from the bakery across town.


My parents still think I bake, but in reality, I can’t stand it.


My phone buzzes a few times in a row and I wince before grabbing it.


I don’t know why, but I hope that it’s from Roxy. Maybe even from Donovan.


|did you bake the lasagna the way he likes?


Chapter 19: Sunday Family Lunch