EpilogueThe next time John arrives at the bar, he's too late to see Ari's performance, but right on time for the others. There are six other bird shifters in the Club and they really can't compare to her magnificence, but they are all quite lovely in their own right. There are other performers too, not just bird shifters.
The more he learns about the club, the more John realizes that it isn't just a club. It's a sanctuary for shifters who are supposed to have gone extinct already. The club is just part of it and the money that is generated here is used to give them a comfortable way of life.
He doesn't notice Ari until a few seconds later, when he realizes that the white halo around the Alpha isn't a trick of the light at all, but is caused by Ari's pure white plumage, half flared out li
