Anna barely had time to process Greyson calling her by the pet name he had given her when she was still a pup before a deep and challenging growl erupted from behind her and it was certainly not Jamie or Julien. Greyson’s eyes finally lifted from Anna and quickly zeroed in on Charlie, who now had Julien and Jamie flanking her tightly. “You must be the fire fae I’ve heard so much about. The one who harbored my mate and son from me for years,” Greyson spit the words out with venom. Charlie took another few steps forward. Her eyes were filled with flames but there was something different about these flames. By now Jamie and Julien had seen her bring her magic forward plenty of times before but, these flames seemed darker. Her energy seemed stronger and the heat emanating from her body was

