It should have been an easy job. Track the jackal. Rescue the girl. Return bad puppy to the Council for questioning. Conflicts between shifters and wereanimals—beluae—are a common event; quibbling over territory and resources calls for endless mediation. As sheriff and chief magistrate of the Eximium’s special criminal court, Duoviri Lexa O’Clare, has been the judge, jury, and executioner for two millennia.Vulnerable members of the Eximium—supernaturals—are disappearing... moreIt should have been an easy job. Track the jackal. Rescue the girl. Return bad puppy to the Council for questioning. Conflicts between shifters and wereanimals—beluae—are a common event; quibbling over territory and resources calls for endless mediation. As sheriff and chief magistrate of the Eximium’s special criminal court, Duoviri Lexa O’Clare, has been the judge, jury, and executioner for two millennia.Vulnerable members of the Eximium—supernaturals—are disappearing. When a fugitive werejackal leads the Lexa and her vampire partner, Etienne de la Roche, to a secret lab where supernaturals are unwilling subjects in genetic experimentation, they uncover a conspiracy reaching the highest levels in Eximium government.Lexa’s going to need a larger Posse!Lexa: a shapeshifter who leads the Posse, an alliance of supernatural warriors.Etienne: a Knight Templar turned master vampire.Yasmin: a dragon who once walked among the gods.Jade: an historian & Fox-familiar to a cranky dragon.Sentinel: a gargoyle who mourns the fall of Atlantis.Richard: a powerful witch with a target on his back.Tris: a rare polyshifter with an eye for a sexy male.Rhys: four months ago he was human… less