Alister

ALISTER - BOOK ONE

For Alister Frostwater, spending a year in the mortal realm is supposed to be simple.

It is an old Fay tradition-a chance to leave behind the powerful magic, expectations, and comforts of home and learn how to survive among humans. At one hundred and twenty-five years old, Alister thinks he is prepared.

He isn't.

Between his first apartment, his first human job at Walmart, modern technology, disastrous attempts at cooking, and his best friend Daymond Everstone making sure he actually survives the experience, Alister quickly discovers that mortal life is far stranger than he expected.

Then Penelope "Pen" Collison walks into his orientation.

She is loud, stubborn, fiercely protective, incredibly powerful-and a human witch.

She is also his mate.

But the magical bond that should connect them is mysteriously blocked.

Pen carries secrets, old wounds, and battles Alister cannot simply heal with Fay magic. And although every instinct tells him to protect her, Alister must learn one of the hardest lessons of his mortal journey:

Fate may create a bond, but love still requires a choice.

As friendship slowly becomes something deeper, Alister discovers that his ordinary Walmart is anything but ordinary. Hidden portals connect the mortal world to dangerous magical realms, and Alister, Day, Pen, Raymes, and their mysterious mentor Michelle soon find themselves protecting unsuspecting humans from the creatures that slip through.

But the greatest danger may not be waiting in the mortal realm.

When trouble reaches Alister's family and forces him back into the Fay lands, Pen becomes part of a world that has never looked kindly upon witches. Ancient magic, powerful families, curses, loyalty, and secrets begin pulling them toward a conflict far larger than either expected.