CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURAfter Jack had retired to his room upstairs Maggie sat in the study with another glass of Hugo’s scotch and tried to wrap her head around everything that had happened in the last forty-eight hours. How had things gotten so complicated. She was retired she was supposed to be living a simple life at her childhood home, hanging out with her friends Chaps and Nina. But, none of that was reality. She had only spent a short time at the ranch, before her life went to hell. Chaps was dead. Keeley was dead, Clancy was dead. Jack was back in her life. She was half human half alien. What the hell was she supposed to do now? Hugo had an answer though, come work for this mysterious twelve. Take over the bookstore and stay in Riverside. There had been a time when that would have sound
