Chapter Nine

What was he doing? Jennifer’s Owl whistled in annoyance. She flew past the big oaf’s head and ruffled his nose with her tail feathers. Didn’t he know she and Aliza were working out their differences?

Well, maybe he didn’t know. After all, what he saw was basically a girl fight for his attention, though Jennifer would never go that far. Still, the woman had been gunning for her since day one. Might as well blow off steam.

Zircon flicked an annoyed crystalline blue eye in her direction, but she just sped off and tapped Aliza’s beast’s tail with her talons. The female growled, puffing blue smoke from her draconian nostrils as she turned midair to face the Owl. But she understood, clever creature. And then they were off.