Lycoris

Chapter 1 Lycoris

I just moved to this small town in New York called Silver Springs. It's a beautiful town they're so many shops and stores. I walk inside and smile big at my beautiful bookstore that has aisles and aisles of books with floor to ceiling bookshelves on the left side and on the right side there's a stone fireplace with royal blue and purple couches, winged back chairs. Just as I was about to pick up a book with 4 sexy men holding flowers in odd places and a women with flower like panties I hear a big pile of books fall with a crash in the back store room.

"Caramel are you alright?!" I call out to my only employee who was brave enough to apply for a job at my book store. Apparently there are rumors of my bookstore being haunted by a blue fairy or was it a blue Selkie?  Either way Caramel walks out of the back room with wild looking hair that looks like a fairy got stuck in it which actually might be possible with glitter dusting on her shoulders.

Caramel sighs deeply while shaking out the glitter in her dark curly hair. "There is a fairy living in the back room and got upset when I moved the old pile books. That just happened to be it's bedroom wall." She ends up blushing furiously at me and I try very hard not to giggle as I look at her. "So do we just leave the fairy back there or do we see if she or he wants to live upstairs?"

She starts laughing and grins at me. "Lycoris if you invite that fairy to live with you I think your apartment will turn into a glitter filled war zone. Glitter will be in places it'll never come out of and I know you shop at The Magical Rooster a lot but I don't think even June can help you getting glitter out of those places." She winks at me suggestively then we both bust out laughing at that.

"Alright alright I won't but I can at least build it a better home then a pile of books." I say to her as I think of all the hard work I put into bringing this old book store back to life again. It used to be run down and discarded till I bought it. Now it looks breathtaking in the morning sun when the sun shines through the stained glass windows in the front. Caramel claps her hands and smiles. "Okay Cheetah boss lady we definitely need some coffee to deal with this ghost and now a fairy. I know you been eyeing that PSL sign everyone has been talking about so I'm paying for whatever you buy while I call Cleanly Den to help with the back room. No off with you." She smiles even bigger as she hands me her rainbow card and I shake my head as I walk to the front door. "Only because you offered to pay whatever I buy this time. You know I'm buying you your favorite pumpkin spice muffins so I'll be back in a flash."

I dash out of the book store before she could said no. Caramel has been on a diet kick ever since this girl at dress shop made a few rude remarks. So I'm buying her favorite treat to cheer her up. I use a bit of cheetah speed to get to Jewels Cafe even sooner. As soon as I get to the door I see Chase open the door for me so I race in and smile happily doing my little dance not caring what anyone else thinks of it.

Chase laughs at my wild antics. "You know you could have just walked in here Speedy." I grin up at him. "Nah I love making you laugh with my crazy dancing skills Rabbit." I grin over at Amber who's just shaking her head in amusement as she's standing behind the counter. "Hey Amber can I get a order of one super large Pumpkin Spice Latte and two Pumpkin Spice muffins to-go please?"

Amber and her mate Julian co own this epic cafe. It's the most cozy place in town to get a coffee or even Unicorn hot chocolate if your into yummy pinky goodness.

"One super large PSL with two Pumpkin Spice muffins to-go. Be careful out there I heard it might storm soon so watch out for puddles." I smile at her kindly "Thanks Amber I will, have a good day." I pay for everything and walk outside as I take a sip of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. I feel a warm feeling run through my whole body. Hmm maybe this coffee is to hot right now. I shake off the feeling and slowly walk down the street admire all the shops window displays from The Perfect fit, Buttercups Bake Shop, Beastie Besties and Black Moon Magic. I run into what feels like a wall as I'm looking in the window of Cosmic Gems heading back to my bookstore called Spooktacular Reads and More! I feel strong hands grab my shoulders quickly before my PSL and bag fall opens spill. I look up and I'm instantly stunned at what or should I say who I walked into. He looks about 6'7 maybe even taller, He turns out to be a devilishly handsome Royal Sable Antelope shifter. What gave his shifter side away was his massively long curved horns on his head. He has pitch black that's medium length on the top and shaved on either side. I look down more and see these stunning chocolate brown eyes, he has rich chocolate brown skin that could put hot chocolate to shame in the most yummy way. 

Whoa girl down you don't even know this guys name!  "Are you alright ma-miss?" He says in a voice I swear was a mix of Shawn Mendes and Nicholas Matthews which shocks me speechless because that's not possible.  He looks at me worriedly while I'm just standing here trying to find my voice and not drool. How embarrassing! "Do you need to sit down? Your looking very flush, I think you might have a fever." He guides me over to the park bench and kneels down in front of me. I feel the heat rush up my face even quicker and up to my ears. I finally find my voice. "I-I-I don't.  I I'm fine I swear your voice is just to sexy for it's own good!" I blurt out shockingly as I look up at him as he's still taller then me even when he's on his knees. He grins brightly with a slight blush coloring his face.  "I'm glad you're alright little Ma-Miss. I was worried you hit your head or something. I guess I really should have told you my name is Markess. It's nice to meet you?" He holds out his hand to me and I giggle a bit as he rambled on. Dear sun goddess what is going on with me today. I smile at him as I cross my legs trying not to think about the heat pooling there.

"My name is Lycoris it's a pleasure to meet you Markess." I go to shake his hand and I feel a pull to him that's even stronger now that I'm paying more attention to my surroundings. My cheetah has been purring up a storm ever since I ran into him. Holy catnip I think I just found my mate but that's not possible! Cheetahs don't have fated mates.